Time Off John Fitch

We talk with Adam Weber about his Time Off. Adam has made it his life’s mission to help people become their best selves and discover how their careers can become the answer to their purpose. As a thought leader in employee engagement, he knows that people crave leaders who can help them unlock their true potential. Adam is the author of the book "Lead Like A Human - Practical Steps To Building Highly Engaged Teams". He is the Chief People Officer and Co-founder of Emplify.

Book: https://emplify.com/human/

Adam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetadam/

People say that our first reaction is the most honest, but Derek Sivers disagrees.  He believes our first reaction is usually outdated. Either it’s an answer we came up with long ago and now use instead of thinking, or it’s a knee-jerk emotional response to something in your past. By thinking slower, we can foster more intention, inner-peace, and direction with our lives. Derek is a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He started CDBaby and HostBaby long ago. He has learned a lot while starting, growing, and selling the business. Derek has since been on a semi-sabbatical for several years. What has he been up to? Listen here to find out...

We chat with Tommy Sobel, the founder of Brick. The Brick movement is a grassroots movement for people who are dissatisfied with their relationship to screens and social media, and who are looking to spend more time engaged in the real world. They throw phone-free events, retreats and private habit coaching for motivated people who want to take control of their phone use. They also challenge our community to turn their phone into a “brick” for a little bit every day, which means to set it down, put it in Brick Mode, and go do something engaging in the real world. 

On this episode, we discuss..


The history of The Brick Movement and how Tommy has evolved it
How to read 28 books in one year
He evaluates me in real-time to assess my own phone dependencies
Types of moments in real life that can give your neurochemicals that your smartphone can’t.
The topic of making out. You will have to listen in to find out the romantic details. :)

Marlee Grace is a dancer, writer, artist, and shape maker. She also knows how to not work. :)

She wrote a book called How to Not Always Be Working : a toolkit for creativity and radical self care as well as zines about sobriety and phone addiction. She teaches improvisation as a dance form in real life, online classes on art making and rituals, and sees one one clients who want to unblock their creativity and small business practices.

Marlee and I talk about one of her new hobbies (skateboarding), why it is important to separate your work activities from your not work activities, why you don’t really need a vacation responder, the importance of dancing, inspiring people to follow on instagram, and how our creative generation is carving a healthy path for the future of our society.

Terry Rudolph has been a professor of quantum physics at Imperial College London. He is now leading a startup in the field of quantum computing. He also wrote the book "Q is for Quantum." We discuss his journey in the field of quantum computing and how he leverages different time off strategies to foster the ability to solve really challenging problems. 

In the age of automation and the knowledge economy, we believe the deliberate practice of time off will be one of the key skills and competitive advantages. In addition to our work ethic, we should seriously start thinking about our “rest ethic.” In this episode we read you one of our recent articles that explores the relationship between work and leisure.