Rest and recovery

This series, I'm sharing insights from my book Work/Life Flywheel.

In this episode, I explain why rest and recovery are an essential component of building a successful, sustainable career.

Chapter Summary:

• Sustained high-performance means pacing yourself.
• Plan your diary to balance intense periods with opportunities to stop and recover.
• Give yourself time throughout the working day to gather your thoughts and regain focus.
• Think like an elite athlete and consider how you manage your efforts to peak at the right times throughout the year.
• Being yourself and sticking to your values is vital to success and happiness.
• While setting goals is important, accepting that you can’t control everything is liberating.
• Sleep is essential to recovery and high performance, so try to make up for lost hours through napping.
• If you’re tired, you can offset the negative impacts with a gratitude practice, exercise and being in nature.
• Incorporate pacing, active recovery, and good sleep habits into your work/life to achieve your potential.

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Work/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US).

Here’s what Alex Hutchinson, author Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance, has said about it:

“Ollie Henderson offers a timely and perceptive critique of the never-ending pursuit of work/life balance, and suggests a better way to build momentum in our personal and professional lives.”

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