Fewer managers work only 40 hours a week
Data-point number one million in the decline of the 40-hour week:About half of all managers work more than 40 hours a week, according to a new survey from
Buying celebrity experiences and the economics of creative work
I’ve been thinking a little about how to promote Rest: Why Working Less Gets More Done when it comes out next year (I’m well on the way to
Faking for Superman: Crafting the appearance of overwork
Erin Reid, a professor at Boston University’s business school, has a great piece in the Harvard Business Review about how men and women deal with pressure to be
“Four or five hours daily it is not much to ask”
I'm constantly amazed at how, in the past, the idea that four or five hours or really focused work was a solid day for the thinker or artist was
“when chemistry distresses your soul, seek peace in the great pacifier, Shakespeare:” reading advice from William Osler
Two quotes from the great medical educator William Osler about the need for hobbies, and the value of a practice he developed as a student: reading before bed.
New essay in “Living Tomorrow” anthology on focus, mind-wandering, and high-tech distraction
I’ve got an introductory essay in Living Tomorrow, "a new anthology of creative, thought-provoking visions of the future” featuring work by young people ages 13-25 from across the United States
Turn the Apple Watch “from an accessory of distraction into a tool of genuine usefulness”
The Wall Street Journal has an article about how to keep your Apple Watch from distracting you. Some of the recommendations are similar to the ones I made
If you don’t feel you spend enough time on airplanes, Steelcase has a solution for you
…the Brody WorkLounge, a product that brings some of that cozy business class working space to your office. I’m not being sarcastic about the comparison to good airplane
“Well-Being Is a Skill”
University of Wisconsin professor and pioneering mindfulness researcher Richard Davidson writes in Huffington Post about why we should think of well-being as a skill we can learn and
If you think driving and texting is bad…
…it is. But so is flying and texting, which has become a worry for the NTSB, and is implicated in a helicopter crash, according to Quartz: The survivor