How Planned Down Time Leads To Peak Productivity and Startup Growth
Rest isn’t just good for you, it’s also good for your business
How busy are you these days?
As a startup founder, employee, and advisor, my life usually seems like one new problem to solve after another. This is not an issue. I love solving problems. I love coming up with the answers. I’m a business nerd at boss level.
I code for fun. Don’t be me.
But it was only after I stacked up a few career successes that I began to understand the sneaky value of doing nothing at all.
A fellow startup CEO friend of mine once said to me: “I’d rather have one of my key employees focused an hour a day on the right goals than 12 hours a day on the wrong goals.”
Recently, this concept reintroduced itself in my personal life. Once I applied the same personal life lesson to my work life, I noticed a huge uptick in productivity.
I mean, I’m not the first to tell you to rest every once in a while. But maybe I’ll be the first to give you justification for why it makes great business sense.
