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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Achieve more by doing nothing
Chapter 3: The fatal price of overwork
Chapter 4: Embrace your wandering mind
Chapter 5: Nature’s restorative superpowers
Chapter 6: How to be alone with yourself
Chapter 7: All work and no play leaves everyone dull
Chapter 8: Sleep, recover, and do your best
Description
The Brain at Rest (2025) challenges the conventional wisdom that constant productivity is the key to success, revealing how letting your mind wander can actually make you more creative and less stressed. This science-backed guide offers a refreshing antidote to our culture of overwork, showing how rest activates the brain’s default network and can lead to greater contentment and improved mental performance.
Who Should Listen
- Overworked professionals who want to develop a better work-life balance
- Creatives looking to sharpen their idea-generation skills
- Anyone interested in the neuroscience of cognition, creativity, and rest