Chapter 6
Recharge your batteries: the power of recovery
This chapter is about how you can sustain performance and feel good over each day, week and year for your whole career.
You will discover how to be more productive by working less but better: minimising distractions and taking systematic, not random, rest breaks.
You will find out how to manage your ups and downs of energy and performance: no one can sustain peak performance for ever. Sleep, diet, exercise and rest are key resources for you in the long term.
This chapter gives you some realistic tools and techniques to help you manage these vital resources.
Why this matters
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