30 min
015: Why You're More Inspired After You Rest with Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang The Inspiration Place
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Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an expert on how rest plays a key role in creativity. He is the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He is the founder of The Restful Company and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology and history his research demonstrates that many accomplished people use rest in ways that help them be more creative. In this episode he talks about how to make rest work for you.
In this podcast, you will discover... (01:40) How Alex’s book reaffirmed my parenting ideas (03:34) What deliberate rest is and what it’s benefits are (06:07) Is stopping work to check Instagram restful? (07:09) That there is a limit to the amount of focused work we can do (09:30) How rest is a partner to the work (11:57) The role of routines in organizing your time and setting priorities (15:12) Strategies to keep your inner critic at bay when doing creative work (17:02) Does listening to podcasts while you walk limit the potential for creative ideas? (18:48) How music can help recovery (20:20) A discussion on whether sexuality has an impact on creativity (23:24) How Alex is researching companies have put some of ideas about rest into practice (24:56) How more hours doesn’t necessarily mean more productivity For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/15
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🎉FREE GOODIES!🎉 Don't forget to check out the Inspiration Place goodie bag. Go pick up your party favor over at SchulmanArt.com/freebies. Whether you're a passionista or a passion professional, I've got something just for you.
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🎤NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! If you loved this, I've got more inspirational episodes coming your way! Please make sure you hit the subscribe or follow button in your podcast app. And if you're feeling extra generous- leave me a review-- https://schulmanart.com/review-podcast
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BTW If you pop your Instagram handle at the end of the review, I'll even give you a shout out over on my IG stories!
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I'd love to chat with you on Instagram: http://instagram.com/schulmanart
Dr. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is an expert on how rest plays a key role in creativity. He is the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He is the founder of The Restful Company and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology and history his research demonstrates that many accomplished people use rest in ways that help them be more creative. In this episode he talks about how to make rest work for you.
In this podcast, you will discover... (01:40) How Alex’s book reaffirmed my parenting ideas (03:34) What deliberate rest is and what it’s benefits are (06:07) Is stopping work to check Instagram restful? (07:09) That there is a limit to the amount of focused work we can do (09:30) How rest is a partner to the work (11:57) The role of routines in organizing your time and setting priorities (15:12) Strategies to keep your inner critic at bay when doing creative work (17:02) Does listening to podcasts while you walk limit the potential for creative ideas? (18:48) How music can help recovery (20:20) A discussion on whether sexuality has an impact on creativity (23:24) How Alex is researching companies have put some of ideas about rest into practice (24:56) How more hours doesn’t necessarily mean more productivity For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/15
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🎉FREE GOODIES!🎉 Don't forget to check out the Inspiration Place goodie bag. Go pick up your party favor over at SchulmanArt.com/freebies. Whether you're a passionista or a passion professional, I've got something just for you.
++++++++++++++++++++
🎤NEVER MISS AN EPISODE! If you loved this, I've got more inspirational episodes coming your way! Please make sure you hit the subscribe or follow button in your podcast app. And if you're feeling extra generous- leave me a review-- https://schulmanart.com/review-podcast
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BTW If you pop your Instagram handle at the end of the review, I'll even give you a shout out over on my IG stories!
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I'd love to chat with you on Instagram: http://instagram.com/schulmanart
30 min