Dr. Laurie Santos

Like we talk about these ideas of active rest where you have to scale back, but we forget the importance of active rest in hustle culture.

Like we talk about these ideas of active rest where you have to scale back, but we forget the importance of active rest in hustle culture.

The studies show that you actually perform better

The studies show that you actually perform better

If you allow yourself to take some time off and to sleep, if you just feel a little bit more time affluent.

If you allow yourself to take some time off and to sleep, if you just feel a little bit more time affluent.

And so I think, you know, if we want to perform better on the job, we need to take this more seriously and really build in more time for active rest for our work performance too.

And so I think, you know, if we want to perform better on the job, we need to take this more seriously and really build in more time for active rest for our work performance too.

Yeah, and I think not being intentional has a real cost, right?

Yeah, and I think not being intentional has a real cost, right?

That seven minutes that you putter away, that could be like the seven-minute New York Times workout.

That seven minutes that you putter away, that could be like the seven-minute New York Times workout.

That could be a seven-minute meditation period, which is huge if you've never meditated before.

That could be a seven-minute meditation period, which is huge if you've never meditated before.

And so I think what we often do is we don't want to really admit that it's free time, or we just think it's not that much, so we blow it off.

And so I think what we often do is we don't want to really admit that it's free time, or we just think it's not that much, so we blow it off.

But it can be really useful if you can find and harness those moments of free time.

But it can be really useful if you can find and harness those moments of free time.

One of the hacks that I do, because I'm very prone to like, if this conversation ends a little bit early, I'm totally going to feel the need to like, oh, I'm going to check my email now or something.

One of the hacks that I do, because I'm very prone to like, if this conversation ends a little bit early, I'm totally going to feel the need to like, oh, I'm going to check my email now or something.