Relax, already!
Joe Robinson waxes about how some of us have OCP: Obsessive Compulsive Productivity, even on a long weekend like this. We can't stop working hard, even at playing. His commentary on NPR's Marketplace can be read here, and heard here.
Excerpt:
"Vacations aren't about output, they're about input. You can't measure that by the production yardstick. Trying to get results from a vacation is like trying to get a cat to bark. How do you tally the spray of an exploding waterfall? How do you produce quiet?
The irony is that input upgrades our output. McKinsey & Company asked managers where they got their best ideas and found it wasn't at the office. Instead, the inspiration came when people were disengaged, at play, on the golf course, out running.
The source of true productivity isn't nonstop output; it's a refreshed and energized mind. "
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