Why deliberate rest is important for learning and professional development
Yesterday I wrote about William Heneage Ogilvie’s essay “In Praise of Idleness,” in which he makes the case for the importance of “idleness” in the lives of doctors
We do our “most important work when” we let the mind “wander at its own pace round the paths over which it has been rushing”
I recently discovered an essay by the surgeon William Heneage Ogilvie titled “In Praise of Idleness,” which I found while looking for stuff on Bertrand Russell’s essay of
Esports and the rise of training facilities: Even professional gamers need breaks
not the esports training center in the article The Washington Post has an article about how esports franchises are starting to build training facilities for teams that offers
“The costs of overwork can no longer be ignored:” Peter Fleming on working hours and the future of work
Peter Fleming has a piece in The Guardian on the dawning realization that our working hours need a reset: Following 30 years of neoliberal deregulation, the nine-to-five feels
New study: UK workers are productive 2 hours, 53 minutes a day
Vouchercloud.com, a UK-based company, just published the results of a survey of 1,989 full-time office workers in the UK "as part of research into the online habits and productivity of
“overwork is just one tool to fight deadlines, and not a solution of first resort”
I've been looking at companies that are fighting back against the culture of overwork (mainly in software, Web development and video games), and this morning came across this
Overwork as laziness: My latest pieces for Thrive Global
I've got a two-part article on Thrive Global up today, around the concept of overwork as laziness. We think of overwork as a sign that we're in-demand, living
Freelancers need to rest, too
Manchester-based Web site Creative Boom has an article urging freelancers to "ditch the freelance guilt:" The first couple of years of freelancing weren't exactly a walk in the park.
Seneca on busyness as idleness
If you ask people how they're doing, you'll often get some variation of "I'm so busy!" Many people make the mistake of confusing busyness with productivity; in fact, they're
Constant availability, job performance, and the loss of professional autonomy
In the Martin Scorcese movie Goodfellas, Henry Hill explains how people interact with the big Mafia boss, Paul Cicero. He got all his calls second hand. Then you’d