So two more social worlds where REST has attracted notice. First, in the HR and compensation consulting world:

Cloud compensation solution provider PayScale has announced that it will close for the week of the Fourth of July holiday. Inspired by the book, Rest, by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, company executives decided to have employees fully unplug from work during the entire Fourth of July week.

Second, Kings Court Massage, which bills itself as “Sydney’s best location for a spa and sexy massage,” recently :

This article references Alex Pang’s book “Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less” which I read recently and thoroughly recommend.

— Kings Court Massage ()

Too awesome!

Arianna Huffington and I share a byline on a new piece on Thrive Global explaining “How You Can Use Rest as a Tool for Success:”

The lives of Nobel prize-winning scientists, famous novelists, and composers described Rest may seem very different from our own. But even if your day jobs don’t resemble Albert Einstein’s or Toni Morrison’s, we can apply lessons from their lives to our lives. After all, we can learn from elite athletes about how to train, compete, and take care of our ourselves even if we don’t aspire to Usain Bolt-like swiftness.

So what rules guided their rest? They can be distilled down to a Ten Commandments of Rest.

Check out the article to read more.