Sitemap - 2017 - Rest, Work, and the Good Life
Muhlenhaupt + Company reimagines REST
My appearance on BBC World Service Business Daily
Speaking to BBC World Service Business Daily this morning
Another example of overwork leading to product flaws: The GoPro Karma drone
REST is available as an audiobook
Lin-Manuel Miranda: "I should take more vacations"
REST and disconnecting in RescueTime
Putting REST to use at the New York Times
"you don’t need to choose between your smartphone and self-care,"
Jabra video on deliberate rest
Kazuo Ishiguro on "crash" and writing The Remains of the Day
"Accomplishment is the best form of self-affirmation"
"I have only read the introduction, but have already underlined something on every page."
"Exploitation is encoded into the systems we are building"
REST in the November Leader Box
Stephon Alexander, physics, jazz, and inspiration
"overwork is just one tool to fight deadlines, and not a solution of first resort"
Dealing with rejection is a writer's most important professional skill
Saiid Kobeisy talks about the importance of rest in Vogue Arabia
"10 Ways That Working Less Will Make You More Productive"
Oliver Burkeman on the four-hour working day
Archival work as strategic wandering
"make the best hours your own rather than those you sell to an employer"
"the best players know the importance of freshness and rest:" Ed Smith on practice and rest
"rest is as important" as "ticking off all those items on our to-do list:" Readers on REST
Honolulu fights 'smartphone zombies'
Talking about restful vacations on CBC Ontario Today
Vacations, boredom, and stress: Recent articles and an upcoming radio show
Find the time to give it a rest
Sailing, science, and the power of deep play
Outside on writers, running, and the importance of deep play
Overwork as laziness: My latest pieces for Thrive Global
Get Brainwashed: Talking about work and rest with Brainwash.nl
How good a model is Darwin (or Jefferson, or Hemingway)?
My new ebook: Rest in the World: My Morning Routine
"there isn’t even a whiff of hippie wishy-washiness:" Readers review REST
Cover of Japanese edition of REST
John Cleese, Graham Wallas, and preparation for insight
Focus, mind-wandering, and the brain
REST and the Greater Good Science Center
#1 in Exercise and Fitness Injury Prevention
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough!"
Children's drawings on the Origin of Species manuscript
"Our job as creative leaders is to be bouncers at the door of Club Rest"
A new project on the craft of academic sabbaticals
Time for those intervals, old folks
Shultz hours and the need for breaks
New article on the history of spontaneous thought
Need to brush up on your German? Read "So wichtig sind Pausen"
Article in Health Bloggers Community Magazine
Daily creativity and flourishing
7 Days to the German edition of REST
Smartphone distraction and pedestrian deaths
Deliberate rest and daily schedules
"Rest condemns neither hard work nor perfectionism, but rather celebrates both"
I'm interviewed on local access middle school TV
Talking about "The Importance of Rest" on RadioWest
Was digital distraction responsible for the Oscar gaffe?
REST in Red Bulletin magazine; or, beaten by Metallica in four languages
The flat, non-distracting doorways of the new Apple spaceship
"The writing stuff just has much faster reinforcement rates, and so it’s real addictive"
Because we "treat overwork as a badge of honour... we have forgotten the importance of rest"
"Je brein werkt door als je bewust rust:" I don't know what it means, but apparently I said it
Reviews of Rest while I was away
"This book has something to offer anyone looking for new ways to structure their daily lives"
My DLD17 session with Arianna Huffington is now online
"a routine was essential for the prose writing"
Evening Standard and Polish Express on Rest
Gestures and Childhood Creativity
REST is one of Success Magazines 2016’s Best Books
Speaking at American Library Association, January 21
"Busy men find life very short:" Seneca on busyness, leisure and time