WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.060 --> 00:00:02.970 James: Hello, and welcome to another episode of behind the madness. 00:00:02.999 --> 00:00:06.030 I'm your host, James Roberts, founder, and owner of method. 00:00:06.330 --> 00:00:10.380 We're a growth agency who are hell bent on unlocking company's 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:14.490 potential through graphic design branding, web design development, 00:00:14.520 --> 00:00:20.640 digital marketing, lead generation, automation and time-saving techniques. 00:00:21.990 --> 00:00:25.050 Today, we're talking about rest and why it's important for business 00:00:25.050 --> 00:00:29.220 owners, marketing managers, directors, in fact, any professional. 00:00:29.670 --> 00:00:33.990 But before we jump in, I wanted to thank all of you, all of our listeners 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:36.670 for helping our podcast grow. 00:00:37.290 --> 00:00:41.400 I don't think we're going to be in the top 10 on apple quite yet, but we're growing, 00:00:41.490 --> 00:00:46.260 we're reaching more people and helping more companies reach their potential. 00:00:46.924 --> 00:00:49.954 I think however, we can do more and getting in that Christmas spirit, 00:00:50.194 --> 00:00:52.804 let's give the gift of a podcast. 00:00:53.404 --> 00:00:56.764 Share this podcast with at least one person who you think it will help. 00:00:57.094 --> 00:00:59.974 Today's subject will be a great one to share with someone who 00:00:59.974 --> 00:01:04.714 you think has had a busy year and might now need to focus on rest. 00:01:05.494 --> 00:01:05.854 Okay. 00:01:06.274 --> 00:01:06.904 With that done. 00:01:07.054 --> 00:01:09.904 Let's dive into today's subject rest. 00:01:16.784 --> 00:01:18.914 with Christmas only a few days away. 00:01:19.154 --> 00:01:22.094 We should now be shifting our focus away from work and 00:01:22.094 --> 00:01:23.624 towards our family and friends. 00:01:24.134 --> 00:01:26.894 It's a time to recharge our batteries and relax. 00:01:27.674 --> 00:01:32.564 Now we all say this across emails, phone calls, and even on all of 00:01:32.564 --> 00:01:34.064 those zoom calls, we're now doing. 00:01:34.904 --> 00:01:36.344 But what do we actually mean? 00:01:36.774 --> 00:01:39.954 Now most business owners have this mentality that we can rest 00:01:39.954 --> 00:01:45.594 when we die or we'll be working all hours with little to no rest. 00:01:46.254 --> 00:01:50.934 But this ethos has been proven by much more intelligent people than 00:01:50.934 --> 00:01:53.724 me to be really counter-intuitive. 00:01:54.425 --> 00:01:57.305 As you know, I love improving workflows. 00:01:57.625 --> 00:02:00.595 Creating better, more streamlined ways of working. 00:02:01.435 --> 00:02:05.515 I love to improve productivity, optimize the time we have in a day. 00:02:06.175 --> 00:02:11.695 But I've learned that prioritizing rest will actually boost my productivity. 00:02:12.145 --> 00:02:18.355 Now some research actually proves that you can work better for fewer hours in a day. 00:02:18.865 --> 00:02:23.145 But I don't think this works for all industries and I'm not quite sure that 00:02:23.145 --> 00:02:24.889 businesses are really ready for it yet. 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:30.229 However here at method, we have a balance of work and home life. 00:02:30.259 --> 00:02:35.539 I've tried to maximize productivity from our team by, by not being fixed 00:02:35.569 --> 00:02:38.659 by this nine to five working day. 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:41.749 And instead having a much more flexible way of working. 00:02:42.076 --> 00:02:44.506 If someone isn't feeling it, then what's the point in keeping 00:02:44.506 --> 00:02:45.826 them chained to their desk. 00:02:46.276 --> 00:02:47.866 They're not going to get anything done. 00:02:47.866 --> 00:02:49.923 They're not going to get anything from it and they're just 00:02:49.923 --> 00:02:51.393 going to struggle for longer. 00:02:51.873 --> 00:02:55.473 So go for a walk, go for a run, do some exercise or play with the kids 00:02:55.473 --> 00:02:59.163 for a bit then come back, rested and ready to take on that challenge. 00:02:59.653 --> 00:03:03.373 Over time I've hacked my own day to provide me with 00:03:03.373 --> 00:03:05.053 the best possible advantage. 00:03:05.623 --> 00:03:11.242 And to do this, I focused on where I need to boost myself and 00:03:11.272 --> 00:03:13.522 how I can work rest into that. 00:03:14.512 --> 00:03:16.252 So my day looks a little bit like this. 00:03:16.492 --> 00:03:17.812 I get up at 6:00 AM. 00:03:18.142 --> 00:03:23.452 This gives me an hour or so of work to, to go over my emails plan my day. 00:03:24.022 --> 00:03:25.972 All of which is undisturbed. 00:03:26.152 --> 00:03:29.752 So I can really get into that zone for that hour or hour and a half. 00:03:30.412 --> 00:03:31.972 Around 7, 7 30. 00:03:32.032 --> 00:03:33.412 I'll then work out for an hour. 00:03:33.532 --> 00:03:37.282 This gives me all of those endorphins from exercise that I can carry 00:03:37.282 --> 00:03:38.632 with me throughout my morning. 00:03:39.742 --> 00:03:44.279 Then around about 1230, I'll have some lunch, and with a full belly, I 00:03:44.279 --> 00:03:46.952 will have a rest for about 20 minutes. 00:03:47.417 --> 00:03:51.527 This tends to be a nap, but it could also just be a meditation, something 00:03:51.527 --> 00:03:53.777 to remove me from the workplace. 00:03:54.284 --> 00:03:59.737 This also helps get rid of that afternoon lull that we all get and helps me stay on 00:03:59.737 --> 00:04:01.747 top of my game for the whole afternoon. 00:04:02.797 --> 00:04:03.967 Around 9:00 PM. 00:04:03.967 --> 00:04:08.191 I'll start to wind down and I'll start to get sleep around about nine 30. 00:04:09.031 --> 00:04:12.961 Now my routine is suited for me and over the years, I've optimized 00:04:12.961 --> 00:04:16.141 it to make me as strong as I actually can throughout the day. 00:04:16.951 --> 00:04:21.085 I actually prefer to go to bed a little bit later and over the holiday period, 00:04:21.085 --> 00:04:24.655 I'll stay up a little bit later, I'll spend time with family and friends and 00:04:24.655 --> 00:04:26.215 I will sleep in a little bit longer. 00:04:26.744 --> 00:04:31.064 But come the new year, I'll go back into this routine that I've developed and that 00:04:31.064 --> 00:04:34.724 provides me with the best optimized day. 00:04:35.486 --> 00:04:38.456 Now with my own routine, there were a couple of points I don't want to bring up. 00:04:39.056 --> 00:04:44.441 The first is what rest actually is rest doesn't have to be sleep. 00:04:45.251 --> 00:04:48.031 So my afternoon nap is perfect for me. 00:04:48.781 --> 00:04:53.743 But that has to be around 20 to 25 minutes is about my limit. 00:04:54.073 --> 00:04:56.983 And I think more than that, and I drift into a deeper sleep. 00:04:57.511 --> 00:05:00.841 When we fall into deep asleep, you actually struggle to come out of that 00:05:00.841 --> 00:05:05.281 deeper sleep, it's not as easy to come out of as light sleep is, and that then 00:05:05.281 --> 00:05:08.877 has a negative effect where I become a little bit more foggy and struggle 00:05:08.937 --> 00:05:11.037 to get into that working ethos again. 00:05:11.429 --> 00:05:15.869 But rest can actually be anything that takes you away from that office or 00:05:15.899 --> 00:05:21.022 work environment and allows you to rest now, some top business owners or CEO. 00:05:21.322 --> 00:05:25.072 Take up rock climbing, they play chess, they have activities that actually 00:05:25.072 --> 00:05:30.469 occupy their brain in a similar way to when they're working, but it keeps 00:05:30.469 --> 00:05:35.959 them fully focused on that subject, but it's more of a hobby or a game. 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:41.130 One more recent hack that I've found is during my wind down, I make use 00:05:41.190 --> 00:05:43.710 of the focus mode within my iPhone. 00:05:44.190 --> 00:05:48.990 Just before nine, it automatically comes on and removes all notifications, it 00:05:48.990 --> 00:05:51.750 also hides all of my badge notifications. 00:05:52.410 --> 00:05:58.830 My OCD cannot cope with seeing a little number on an app and I just have to 00:05:58.830 --> 00:06:03.300 open up that email or the other app to clear that notification, I can't 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:05.430 leave a badge number on an app. 00:06:06.270 --> 00:06:08.340 This is not good when you're trying to wind down. 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.520 Because you automatically are going back into your emails, you're going 00:06:12.570 --> 00:06:15.300 back into this, this state of work. 00:06:17.070 --> 00:06:22.200 So with this focus mode on, I can't see any of these notifications. 00:06:23.100 --> 00:06:23.310 And. 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:28.800 I can also set it so important messages from certain people can come through. 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.160 But as a whole, everything can wait until the morning. 00:06:33.010 --> 00:06:36.820 Now both of these ideas lead me nicely onto the Christmas and the holiday break. 00:06:37.570 --> 00:06:40.960 When we focus on rest, we actually get more ideas. 00:06:41.590 --> 00:06:43.450 Our brain has room to grow. 00:06:44.260 --> 00:06:46.360 And we are then better at problem solving. 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:50.860 It allows ideas to come into our mind that could actually completely 00:06:50.860 --> 00:06:55.243 change how you run your business or even a new marketing strategy. 00:06:56.623 --> 00:07:00.073 We've all heard the expression that you can't see the wood from the trees. 00:07:00.073 --> 00:07:00.463 Yes. 00:07:00.973 --> 00:07:02.623 Well, this is exactly that point. 00:07:03.763 --> 00:07:08.113 So during this Christmas break, relax, pick up the guitar, get back to running. 00:07:08.833 --> 00:07:11.473 Make use of focus on your iPhone. 00:07:13.063 --> 00:07:14.803 It can all wait until next year. 00:07:16.183 --> 00:07:17.323 And with this. 00:07:17.996 --> 00:07:23.376 Our mind can be cleared you can be ready to hit the new year with new 00:07:23.376 --> 00:07:27.156 ideas and a new focus for your business. 00:07:28.536 --> 00:07:32.946 One thing I want to emphasize here is, is focusing on rest. 00:07:33.096 --> 00:07:34.356 Isn't being lazy. 00:07:34.986 --> 00:07:38.046 We aren't doing this because we can't be bothered with the day we're doing 00:07:38.046 --> 00:07:41.466 this because we want to hack our lives and get the most out of our day. 00:07:42.486 --> 00:07:45.706 A quote from Winston Churchill, encapsulates this nicely. 00:07:46.816 --> 00:07:52.306 The rest and the spell of sleep in the middle of the day, refresh the human 00:07:52.306 --> 00:07:55.276 frame far more than a long night. 00:07:56.566 --> 00:08:01.255 We're not made by nature to work or even play from eight o'clock 00:08:01.255 --> 00:08:02.815 in the morning until midnight. 00:08:03.715 --> 00:08:07.965 We throw a strain upon our system, which is unfair and in provident 00:08:09.115 --> 00:08:13.645 For every purpose of business or pleasure, mental or physical. 00:08:14.035 --> 00:08:18.815 We ought to break our days and our marches into two. 00:08:21.445 --> 00:08:25.105 So when we rest our body actually repairs itself from the strain 00:08:25.105 --> 00:08:26.395 we've done throughout that day. 00:08:27.415 --> 00:08:30.535 It also allows our brain to back up that information. 00:08:30.985 --> 00:08:32.785 It's like a computer filing system. 00:08:33.175 --> 00:08:36.145 Giving us more Ram to continue when we wake up. 00:08:37.915 --> 00:08:41.435 Now, why am I bringing this all up before the Christmas holiday and with 00:08:41.435 --> 00:08:43.175 new year just being around the corner. 00:08:43.895 --> 00:08:46.085 Well, Christmas is a time to relax. 00:08:46.445 --> 00:08:48.665 We all love making new year's resolutions. 00:08:48.665 --> 00:08:50.825 So why not make rest? 00:08:50.885 --> 00:08:51.485 One of them? 00:08:52.315 --> 00:08:54.445 Thanks for listening to this snippet of a podcast. 00:08:54.835 --> 00:08:56.815 And remember, give your brain a break. 00:08:57.775 --> 00:08:59.095 Focus on rest. 00:08:59.575 --> 00:09:02.905 And be the best version of yourself. 00:09:04.165 --> 00:09:06.145 Be there with your family after all. 00:09:06.355 --> 00:09:08.665 At work, you can be replaced. 00:09:09.235 --> 00:09:11.095 At home you can't. 00:09:12.775 --> 00:09:15.385 Have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year from me and 00:09:15.415 --> 00:09:16.855 the whole team here at method.