You’ll be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourself
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How you really can be happier, and achieve more, if you’re kinder to yourself
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Book recommendations:
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Basic Books, 2016).
Joseph Jebelli. The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life (Random House, 2025).
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