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David Allen in British Medical Journal
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
I've just come across this interview with David Allen in the British Medical Journal.
The interview is fairly short, but I enjoyed reading his ideas on work (which should be fun) and 'working' whilst on vacation - "Why would you not want to do fun things on a vacation? ". He addresses why we should be taking breaks from work -
"If you have to take a holiday because you're burning out, you're in the wrong job or you're not working appropriately. If you want to take a holiday because you need a new perspective, fabulous, but what's the value of a new perspective? To see things you haven't seen before, to come up with creative ideas you haven't had before, to see things in new ways. So of course I'm going to have a note-taking device with me on holiday because that's where I'm going to have some of my best ideas."
I'd encourage a look at the whole interview.
4 comments:
@Stephen - As always I look forward to an insightful post generated by this small conversation.
Great Post! Keep up the excellent word.
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Tina
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That is a great interview, very insightful! I like this quote "Because I have my phone I'm doing business and nobody knows I'm sailing." I get to go sailing when I would never be able to go sailing before.
That sums up investing your time in very useful ways. I have been thinking about this, and will have to write about it.