The Fields Medalist who works three hours a day
Quanta Magazine has a profile of Princeton mathematician and Fields Medalist June Huh, who “does about three hours of focused work” per day— a number in line with
#FocusFriday at SAP
Software giant SAP recently announced that it was implementing #FocusFriday in its German offices. As executive Cawa Younosi explained on LinkedIn, Intention behind Focus Friday is to guarantee
The Psyche Guide on “How To Rest Well”
The online magazine Psyche has just published my essay explaining “How To Rest Well.” Downtime is undervalued in today’s busy, always-on world. But for most of human history,
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, REST, and the four-hour day
One of the central arguments I make in my book REST is that when they have a lot of control over their time, highly accomplished people tend to
Interview on the Ph.D. Life Raft
This week I’m a guest on the Ph.D. Life Raft podcast, a new podcast hosted by Emma Brodzinski, a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Graduate school
Northstar Sleep School podcast on rest and shorter workweeks
I was recently a guest on the Northstar Sleep School podcast, talking about the things I usually talk about. Northstar was started by Xoogler Kristen Rainey, who spent
Talking about REST and SHORTER on Nataly Kogan’s Well-Being Wednesday
I put in a guest appearance on Nataly Kogan's Well-Being Wednesday, an event she's been doing for her friends and followers During All This: If you're not familiar
Talking about deliberate rest on the Squiggly Careers podcast
When I was in London in February, I spent some time talking with Helen Tupper, who's half of the Amazing If project and coauthor of the book (and
How to put insights from REST and SHORTER into practice if you’re not a CEO
During the lively Q&A at this Friday's (virtual, sigh) talk about the 4-day week and future of work to the Design Business Association, Anna Cox, a professor at
Just a reminder of the value of vacations: “In 2008 I bought Chernow’s Hamilton bio to read on vacation”
I've written about this before, but after Hamilton came up in a talk I gave today, I dug up this tweet: #MrowbackMondayIn 2008 I bought Chernow's Hamilton bio