If you were taught napping means you don’t want it badly enough, know that Edison, Dalí, and a 2021 neuroscience study disagree. Here's how a super-short afternoon nap makes you sharper and faster.
What stayed with me is the challenge to the idea that rest is somehow the opposite of ambition. The examples of Edison and Dalí make the point memorable, but the stronger idea is simpler: sometimes a short pause does not steal time from the work, it gives the mind back to it.
What stayed with me is the challenge to the idea that rest is somehow the opposite of ambition. The examples of Edison and Dalí make the point memorable, but the stronger idea is simpler: sometimes a short pause does not steal time from the work, it gives the mind back to it.
That’s such a thoughtful way of putting it! Yes, I completely agree.