Popular culture misunderstands what ‘brainmaxxing’ truly is - it’s not optimising your brain for productivity every single minute, it’s making sure you’re at your best so you can do your best work. Subtle difference.
I would also reframe ‘low value’ work to ‘low tempo’ work, and use it as a transitional state between ‘high tempo’ work blocks.
For my own rest and recovery I’ve got into gardening. If nothing else it teaches patience and the importance of creating the right environment for plants to bloom (an essential leadership lesson too!)
Your comment reminded me of a recent book I read “The brain at rest” by Dr Jebelli about how little we understand the way the brain works and the interaction between “work” and “rest”. The broader point is that leaders need to have empathy with their employees when deploying AI - and as you say patience to grow something is an essential lesson too, though long term thinking seems in rather short supply at the moment.
Popular culture misunderstands what ‘brainmaxxing’ truly is - it’s not optimising your brain for productivity every single minute, it’s making sure you’re at your best so you can do your best work. Subtle difference.
I would also reframe ‘low value’ work to ‘low tempo’ work, and use it as a transitional state between ‘high tempo’ work blocks.
For my own rest and recovery I’ve got into gardening. If nothing else it teaches patience and the importance of creating the right environment for plants to bloom (an essential leadership lesson too!)
Your comment reminded me of a recent book I read “The brain at rest” by Dr Jebelli about how little we understand the way the brain works and the interaction between “work” and “rest”. The broader point is that leaders need to have empathy with their employees when deploying AI - and as you say patience to grow something is an essential lesson too, though long term thinking seems in rather short supply at the moment.