Rest. I recently finished reading Rest and… | by Brian Armstrong | Medium

It talks about how to get more done by choosing what you do outside of work (walks, retreats, side projects, exercise, etc). This can lead to new ideas or increased energy that improve your work. It sounds like such a simple and obvious idea, but somehow hearing it in this form helped me. The author looks at famous people in history and how they rested (Alan Turing’s long walks when working on the enigma computer, Eisenhower and Churchill’s retreats and naps respectively during World War II, and Bill Gates’ isolated “think weeks” in a remote cabin while he was CEO at Microsoft). It also dives into some academic papers, so it’s not just anecdotal evidence. For example, I enjoyed hearing about the study comparing people’s ability to solve creative problems while seated, walking, or in nature. (Spoiler: walking produces the best results, and when researchers want test subjects to experience nature without walking they take you outside in a wheelchair!). A few key points from the book: Som

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