David Allen in British Medical Journal

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798130736762118813.post-41283484917837821002007-10-17T21:40:00.002+01:002007-10-17T22:00:52.794+01:002007-10-17T22:00:52.794+01:00David Allen in British Medical JournalI've just come across this <a href="http://careerfocus.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7609/10?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=and&titleabstract=productivity&andorexacttitleabs=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCIT,HWELTR">interview with David Allen </a>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. Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705936779091146429noreply@blogger.com