Season 6 Episode 27: The Irrefutable Power of Rest
Season 6 Episode 27: The Irrefutable Power of Rest
It’s time to remember the connection between rest, recovery and rejuvenation to your performance and creativity in life and work. Jason Barger reveals research that speaks to the irrefutable power of rest and encourages us all to seek sacred time in our schedules.
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Jason introduces Season 6 episode 27 of the podcast, The Irrefutable Power of Rest. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.
We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with. If you have a suggestion, please send it to info@jasonvbarger.com
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“Take some time and step back and ask ourselves how do we take some time and recharge our creative batteries so that we can be the best at what we do?”
6:20 – Jason introduces today’s topic about recharging your creative batteries and allowing time to let your mind wander and ideas solidify. Take some time and step back and ask ourselves how do we take some time and recharge our creative batteries so that we can be the best at what we do?
7:00 – There is a myth out there that states, “the faster I run the further I get.” We think that if we are always go-go going in life, many feel that we will get farther because of it. Jason dispels that myth and provides counterpunches to it. Hard work is obviously important and critical to accomplishing anything of significance in this world. What we see is the irrefutable power of rest showing that rest is essential to let the body and mind grow and work at their best.
9:07 – In 2019, before the pandemic, Americans left 678 million days of vacation on the table. This equates to $66 billion of lost benefits.Jason talks about hard work versus overwork and sacrificing rest and recovery to outwork the competition.
13:00 – How important is rest in mastering a skill? Malcolm Gladwell first mentioned the famous 10,000-hour rule where it takes 10,000 hours to master anything. The key component that is so often missed is that with the 10,000 hours of practice or mastery one also needs 12,500 hours of deliberate rest and 30,000 hours of sleep!
17:20 – Jason talks about simple steps that people can practice depending on their schedule to improve their performance. Have you heard of micro-naps? Close your eyes for 20 minutes each day and allow your brain to reboot. Jason talks about micro-naps and the research that backs that up. Starting small can help build steps to form your creative process. Are there times throughout your year where you could plan a day off not to really do something but just to study and rest?
20:05 – Everyone has their own biorhythm. For Jason, his most creative times are in the morning, then dips in the afternoon, and then gets another peak around 3 pm understand your creative daily cycle is important to maximize your performance. Working out, taking a walk, and having a micro-nap are all things that Jason needs but everyone is different.
9:07 – The Wallas in 1926 four stages of the creative process.
Preparation – Prepare ourselves to be creative. Step aside time to be creative. Put your mind and body in that zone.
Incubation – We need time and space for ideas to incubate, to marinade. A think week can be important or writing in your journal, think tank sessions with the team are all important.
Illuminate – In the middle of a walk or a shower, we have ideas that finally come to us because our brains were marinading on it.
Verification – Test and verify the idea. Get people involved and kick the idea around.
25:50 – The Book Rest by Soojung-Kim Pang connected with Jason and he quotes:
As we move into a world and economy that seems to defy geography and time, that operates globally and 24/7, we feel the need, or pressure, to work continuously. To ignore our bodies clocks and push on when our bodies are pleading to rest but this is a mistake.
Questions to Ponder
When will you intentionally, deliberately, and strategically rest in the coming months?
When and how will you give your heart and mind space to wander, rest, laugh, and rejuvenate?
“The most creative thinkers allow time and space to think and let things incubate.”
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Remember, the best leaders, teams, & cultures stimulate progress by recalibrating their thermostat together.
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Conversations and micro-thoughts to engage your mind and heart.
A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.
