Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.
Tom HodgkinsonAm I the only person in the world who is shocked and amazed at the ongoing flattery of uebergeek Mark Zuckerberg?
Tom HodgkinsonBosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as "employee satisfaction results" - might improve.
Tom HodgkinsonMy hope is that flexible working and varying shift patterns will give workers a taste for idling and that they will gradually demand greater reductions in the length of the working week.
Tom HodgkinsonFaffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.
Tom HodgkinsonWhat seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest. You would have thought that the end of all this innovation, technological advancement, and financial wizardry should be to create less work, not more of it.
Tom Hodgkinson