Episode 26 w/ Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Are you actively resisting shorter work days and more rest, but deep down, you know that’s what your mind and body need?
Meet our featured guest: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Alex is a best-selling author, speaker, and consultant who is pioneering the research behind why shorter bursts of work and well-rested working patterns are optimal for creativity and societal progress.
Alex sits on panels with world greats, such as Arianna Huffington. He is a speaker at Google and just launched his award-winning third book, Rest; Why You Get More Done When You Work Less.
After bouncing back from Silicon Valley burnout, Alex had his “aha” moment at Cambridge, UK while consolidating data on how the world’s greatest scientists, entrepreneurs, and authors have changed the world working three-hour days.
This dialogue unearths the stories and breakthroughs of Alex’s entrepreneurial path and will help you learn:
- How President Eisenhower and Charles Darwin used cabin retreats and walks to win wars and reshape biology
- How to activate your subconscious to supercharge creative breakthroughs
- The step-by-step on how to let lightbulb ideas come to you by using rest modalities
- How to schedule your mornings, days, months, and vacations for breakthroughs
- How hustle culture is a Silicon Valley invention that’s slowly being phased out in favor of shorter, more productive days and a four-day work week
- Why “Deep Play” can help you reconnect with what you most love about your work (and how that gives you more energy)
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