No worst thing for your productivity and effectiveness than working non-stop.
We're all caught up in the hustle culture, thinking we have to be constantly on the grind. Guess what? Avoiding breaks, we end up performing much, much worse. Find your right work-rest balance, it will change the game for you, forever.
So, next time you feel guilty about taking a break, remember: you're just using your secret weapon.
10 quotes about the work-rest balance
1️⃣ Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. —Ovid
2️⃣ The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. —Sydney J. Harris
3️⃣ The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. —Agatha Christie
4️⃣ Work, love, and play are the great balance wheels of man's being. —Orison Swett Marden
5️⃣ There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither. —Alan Cohen
6️⃣ Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. —Anne Lamott
7️⃣ To have moments of leisure and quiet and rest in your life is the greatest blessing. —Jiddu Krishnamurti
8️⃣ It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? —Henry David Thoreau
9️⃣ Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. —Ralph Marston
🔟 Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices. —Betsy Jacobson