Americans think busyness signals high social status — Quartz
Americans think busyness signals high social status.
Why Employers Are Rushing to Offer Unlimited Vacation | Kathleen Christensen | Pulse | LinkedIn
Vacations are essential. Doubly so in this era of the never-ending workweek.
I'm Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp, and This Is How I Work
Basecamp is a web-based project management tool, and like so many other software tools and startups before it, the creators of Basecamp made it for themselves. They just needed a decent way to manage projects and collaborations. It just happens that other people want to use it too.
100 Blocks a Day - Wait But Why
Everyone gets 100 10-minute time blocks to use every day. How are you using yours?
How Taking a Gap Year Can Shape Your Life - The New York Times
Looking back, adults who took time off before or during college say they have no regrets.
Stop touting the crazy hours you work. It helps no one. - The Washington Post
Managing the High-Intensity Workplace
An “always available” culture breeds a variety of dysfunctional behaviors.
A Runner, After Injury, Starts From Zero as a Swimmer - WSJ
Cristina Mariani-May, co-chief executive of family-owned Banfi Vintners, jumped right into an unfamiliar sport and learned the value of cross-training.
Being tired isn’t a badge of honor — Signal v. Noise
Why is everyone so busy? | The Economist
Time poverty is a problem partly of perception and partly of distribution
The Tail End - Wait But Why
No matter what your age, you may, without realizing it, be enjoying the very last chapter of the relationships that matter most to you. Make it count.
Tony Schwartz’s Internet Addiction (and Why You Should Care)
The Elements of Focus — A free video class by Shawn Blanc
A 'Family-Friendly' Shift In Debate Over Work-Life Balance : NPR
The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies
The high cost of overwork.
The surprising number of parents scaling back at work to care for kids - The Washington Post
A new Washington Post poll shows how the burden of tending to children is shaping careers.
Tim Ferriss in a Toga: The Ancient Greeks on Labor and the Good Life
Reducing Your Guilt About Not Being Productive | World of Psychology
How to Unplug While You Are on Vacation
Are the People Who Take Vacations the Ones Who Get Promoted? - HBR
Research makes a new case for using your paid time off.
Don’t Obsess Over Getting Everything Done Before a Vacation
Presenting a saner way to prepare for time off.
Joe Biden's Advice On Compassion And Family, In His Own Words : It's All Politics : NPR
"It's not all that difficult, folks, to be compassionate when you've been the beneficiary of compassion in your lowest moments," the vice president told Yale graduates in May.
Episode 002 - Dave Stachowiak - Fatherhood360
The Highest-Paying Jobs Of The Future Will Eat Your Life | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Your late-night emails are hurting your team
So stop it.
▶ How Do You Do it ALL? - YouTube
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This Company Eliminated E-mail…and Nothing Bad Happened - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Super Casual Friday Last week, an article in the Washington Post caught my attention. It was titled, "At some start-ups, Friday is so casual that it's not
▶ Bill Murray Day @ TIFF: Bill Shares Personal Philosophy & his Cab Driver Story (Sep. 5, 2014) - YouTube
*CLOSED CAPTIONING AVAILABLE FOR THIS VIDEO CLIP* (Press "CC" icon) (Go to 2:48 for Bill Murray's cab driver story) The Q & A session featuring Bill Murray &...
Working hours: Proof that you should get a life | The Economist
DO YOU work too much? Last year we wrote a jolly piece that found an interesting correlation between working hours and output. With higher working hours, labour...
Presence of a Smartphone Lowers Quality of Conversations - Pacific Standard: The Science of Society
Bonni and I make a point to drop...