Adam Grant

So they insist on time off.

I'm my own boss.

So what did I do during a recent long weekend?

I put the finishing touches on this episode.

Do what I say, not what I do.

But not long before that, I took our teenager to a conference and she got to plan a few days of vacation in Norway.

We hiked up a mountain overlooking a fjord and went whitewater rafting.

Out of the five whitewater levels, she picked class four.

She was all about mastery.

As for me,

And so I would rather people learn how to effectively hack a bureaucracy so that they don't actually make the bureaucracy worse.

Special thanks to our sponsors, UKG and Destination Canada.

For their research, gratitude to the following lead authors.

On paid time off and vacations, Jessica DeBloom, Sabina Gertz, Jana Kuhnel, Charlotte Fritz, and Cassie Mogilner-Jones.

On recovery, Bonnie Hayden-Chang and Christina Guthier.

And on sabbaticals and extended leaves, Dahlia Etzion, Kira Shabram, Oranit Davidson, Dove Eden, and DJ Dadana.

The laughing is bad?

That's okay.

When my wife Allison and I became parents, one of the first gifts we got was the classic book, The Giving Tree.

We remembered it having a meaningful message about generosity.