That pointer I found to Elizabeth's post over at the Career and Kids blog got me to thinking more about balance and getting to the creative spot where we can do better than simply getting to the bottom of our pile at work.
Have a hobby. Play a sport. Babysit your niece. Exercise. Spend time with your family, and turn your cell phone, and pager, and Blackberry, and laptop, and workstation off! Oh, and if you are a system administrator, the odds are fairly good that building a Linux cluster in your bedroom at night is not going to count toward your hobby quota. Do something different that uses different neurons, and preferably fire a few fast twitch muscles once in a while.
You'll feel more complete, have a richer range of experiences, and acquire a more fully developed sense of yourself. And you'll be sure that your subconscious isn't living off the welfare system while you break your back to support it.
Yes, even you
And in case you are thinking: “Well, that's all fine for the bourgeoisie, but I'm important! He can't mean that I should tune out.” You aren't, and I do. If you really are so important, then build an organization that supports you, not the other way around, and then do them all a favor by giving them a well-rounded personality to lead them onward, further and higher.
This post is inspired by material in my book, The Only Trait of a Leader.
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