Pastors, workaholics, and “Leading from a Place of Rest”
The term "workaholic" was coined in 1971, in a book called Confessions of a Workaholic: The Facts About Work Addiction. The author Wayne Oates wasn't a lawyer or
Roombot and meeting scheduling
In my study of how companies shorten their workdays, one of the things I've consistently seen is companies shortening meetings, and doing a number of things to make
Putting REST to use at the New York Times
James Pothen, a software engineer with the New York Times, has a great piece about " How to Concentrate in a Collaborative Workplace:" When I first started working
“10 Ways That Working Less Will Make You More Productive”
Singapore Women's Weekly has a slide show of 10 Ways That Working Less Will Make You More Productive: It’s hard to say no, especially when there’s work piling
Things to do the night before your vacation starts
A good complement to my recent discussion of vacations: this piece on Business Insider on things to do "before you jet off to some sunny shore:" you need
Talking about restful vacations on CBC Ontario Today
I was on CBC Radio's call-in show "Ontario Today" earlier today, talking about "The key to a restful vacation." You can listen here: It was a fun time for
A note on morning routines
In REST I had a chapter about why people are more creative in the morning, and here I've continued writing about morning routines and their importance in creative
Writing about talking: An old set of posts about the craft of speaking
Sometimes you write something and forget about it for years, only to rediscover it and think, Hey, this isn't bad. (More common is rediscovering something and think, Boy, this is terrible.
“This interest should be so absorbing that when he is thus engaged, business is banished from mind”
Walter Dill Scott, in his 1914 book Increasing Human Efficiency in Business (available on the Internet Archive), advises workers on the need for hobbies: Upon entering business every young man should
“A complete relaxation of the body often gives freedom to the intellect”
Around World War I, there were several business writers who advised readers about how to balance work and rest-- particularly mental rest-- in the modern office. Bertie Charles Forbes