Heck – rest is important for everyone. Ever had a great nights sleep and awoke refreshed with a new perspective for the day?

Relaxing on remote beach

Those moments of rest seem far and few between but there is one way around this problem. First make sure and take a long vacation like a two or three weeks in your favorite location at least once a year and every four years take a couple month sabbatical and recharge your battery. The problem it’s hard to do in this competitive world but maybe you’ll be a better competitor, employee, leader or entrepreneur especially when you return with a rested mind, body and soul.

Here’s Stefan Sagmeister’s thoughts on rest and the professional sabbatical, the video is from Ted – Ideas Worth Spread.

Stella says, find a way to rest your mind and body this will help you competitively and creatively. I took this past holiday season to rest myself and now I feel ready to hit the ground running. This summer I went on my beach vacation and worked the whole time and returned feeling worn out and pissed off at myself for not enjoying this time off. Lesson learned.

Happy New Year and All My Best Wishes for a Prosperous and Fulfilling 20-10.

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