Discover how embracing leisure can help you reclaim your calm and unlock your creativity. In today’s world, busyness is often celebrated as a mark of success, but does your busiest day truly leave you feeling accomplished? If your hard work isn’t yielding the results you want, it may be time to challenge the notion that ‘busy’ equals ‘productive’.
After hitting breaking points in their careers, business coach John Fitch and AI researcher Max Frenzel realized the profound value of taking time off. Now, these former workaholics are here to share their insights and help you redefine productivity. Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress explores how some of history’s greatest minds, along with today’s most successful leaders, innovators and creatives, achieved remarkable results by balancing work with intentional rest.
This book highlights why constant hustle can hinder your success and reveals the true potential of slowing down. By prioritizing rest, you’ll not only feel more fulfilled but also unlock your creativity and become a more versatile version of yourself.
In Time Off, you’ll learn:
• Proven strategies for reclaiming leisure while enhancing productivity and creativity
• The importance of pairing your work ethic with a strong rest ethic
• How to step away from work without guilt
• Why leisure will become a crucial advantage in the future workplace
• How to use technology to thrive alongside AI and embrace your humanity
• The surprising ways rest improves your leadership abilities—and much more!
This refreshing guide reshapes how you think about work and leisure, showing you how to achieve more insights, and research-backed techniques, Time Off offers a blueprint for boosting creativity and living a more balanced life.
Whether for yourself or the busy people in your life, this book is a thoughtful reminder to trade busywork for what truly matters most.
John Fitch is a business coach, angel investor, and writer. He is a recovering workaholic who wrote this book for a former version of himself. John studied Business and Media at The University of Texas at Austin. He has built a career designing digital products and as an active angel investor in technologies that are automating the mundane work that most people don't enjoy. He cares deeply about the future of work and is optimistic that everyone has the opportunity to join the creative class in the near future. He cultivates great ideas and inspiration by hosting a dinner party, training Jiu-Jitsu, taking a short trip to somewhere new, farming watermelons, playing music, and dancing with his significant other. You can find John at www.john-fitch.com.
Max Frenzel is an AI researcher, writer, and digital creative. After receiving his PhD in Quantum Information Theory from Imperial College London and working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Tokyo University, Max has been involved in several tech startups, focusing on the intersection of AI research and product design. Most recently he has been interested in the applications of AI and deep learning to creativity, design, and music. Some of the AI-art Max has been involved in was exhibited at places like the Barbican Centre in London, and he is a regular public speaker on topics such as AI and creativity. In his time off, Max enjoys good coffee, tries to perfect his bread baking skills, and produces electronic music and performs around Tokyo. You can find him online at www.maxfrenzel.com.
Mariya Suzuki was born in Nara and studied illustration in Long Beach, California. She currently works as an illustrator/artist in Tokyo. She has contributed her work for many musicians, food professionals, and books and magazines from around the world. In addition to printed media, she also collaborates with interior designers to draw murals. Aside from work, she enjoys going around town to draw subjects whose shape or story catches her attention, as well as what surrounds her in her everyday life. Find her at www.mariyasketch.com.
