Bill Gates Quotes

How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

Self-care is important for all of us, especially because we're in what amounts to a nationally traumatic phase. I think part of it is to remember that there is more to opposition than opposition. In other words, it's not just about recognizing and cataloguing and publicizing all the things that are going wrong; it's about modeling and celebrating the alternative.

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of loopholes. 'Oh, I'm just going for a walk, up a dune that's 45 degrees, but I'm walking, so it's not a workout.'

I'm at my best when I'm working. I just recently learned how to find balance and deal with downtime and take advantage of it.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I think I've learned not to take everything so seriously and just try to focus on the work the most.

Like every normal working person, you get tired and need time out.

I just don't believe you can have it all and be great at everything, something has to give at some point. You've got to give yourself a break sometimes.

I need to be bad. I don't want to burn out. I also don't want to be a person who is always performance-oriented. I also want to have some fun.

A few years back, I had this urge to be on the go all the time. It's important to find a balance, though. Now my motto is, do the work, but recharge, too!

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress.

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.

I'm far from perfect. I'm still learning. I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system.

Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.