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leesamudio's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.75
pinaybibliophile's review against another edition
3.5
The premise for this book is to make deliberate rest - in the form of naps, walks, exercise, hobbies, trips, sabbaticals, morning routine (too bad for night owls!), four-hour workdays - help one achieve more at work. There are lots of data about famous people to support this. I believe in the power of rest.
letitbrie's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
watermelonhero's review
Rest of the book doesn’t really provide anymore insight. Sleep is like any other active activity that needs to be practiced and put into good habit to reap the benefits it provides when we’re awake.
hepalmer's review against another edition
5.0
Full of really interesting ideas and things to try out!
alaraor's review against another edition
3.0
RBC Read for March 2021
I specially enjoyed the opening reflections on how a big majority of us think of rest as the absence of work, not as something that stands on its own/has its own qualities. And I think he might have a point...we tend to be more interested in how to work better but we hardly ever think very much about how to rest better, or at least I certainly have that issue.
I was really intrigued by the concept of "deep play" and will try to find my active rest activity. My three starts come from me not being overly fond of the writing style, a bit too much name dropping for my liking. However, the book is well researched and some of the stories were quite interesting and provided context. Overall nothing particularly new, but yet an important reminder of what truly matters and who rest should be taken seriously.
Rest is not idleness
I specially enjoyed the opening reflections on how a big majority of us think of rest as the absence of work, not as something that stands on its own/has its own qualities. And I think he might have a point...we tend to be more interested in how to work better but we hardly ever think very much about how to rest better, or at least I certainly have that issue.
I was really intrigued by the concept of "deep play" and will try to find my active rest activity. My three starts come from me not being overly fond of the writing style, a bit too much name dropping for my liking. However, the book is well researched and some of the stories were quite interesting and provided context. Overall nothing particularly new, but yet an important reminder of what truly matters and who rest should be taken seriously.
Rest is not idleness