Rest: Why you get more done when you Work less By

Rest: Why you get more done when you Work less By Details

Overwork is the new normal Rest is something to do when the important things are done but they are never done Looking at different forms of rest from sleep to vacation Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung Kim Pang dispels the myth that the harder we work the better the outcome He combines rigorous scientific research with a rich array of examples of writers painters and thinkers from Darwin to Stephen King to challenge our tendency to see work and relaxation as antithetical Deliberate rest as Pang calls it is the true key to productivity and will give us more energy sharper ideas and a better life Rest offers a roadmap to rediscovering the importance of rest in our lives and a convincing argument that we need to relax more if we actually want to get more done Rest is such a valuable book If work is our national religion Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves Arianna Huffington New York Times Book Review