How to Become a Design Genius: Take Time Off. Lots of It.

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Post by wgj » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:15 PM UTC

How to Become a Design Genius: Take Time Off. Lots of It.
fastcompany.com

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Post by buugs » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 9:39 PM UTC

It isn't really time off if you are working is it? It is time spent thinking and learning and depending on your life outside work this could be accomplished without taking time off and just working less.

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Post by jwesley » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:36 PM UTC

Good link, terrible headline. The link us an interesting video about the benefits of taking a year long sabbatical every seven years, but it doesn't claim that the sabbatical is what made Stefan Sagmeister a design genius. He was insanely talented before he started taking sabbaticals, and they just made him more productive.

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Post by lsternlicht » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:38 PM UTC

http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html ... makes me feel nauseous/dizzy

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Post by HelenL14 » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:44 PM UTC

I think it's less about vacation time/'time off' and more about just disconnecting from your normal routine (often times fairly rigid as we're natural creatures of habit)...and giving yourself the freedom to explore different paths/options/ideas.

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Post by nvictor » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 10:56 PM UTC

please link to TED directly.

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Post by psadauskas » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 11:14 PM UTC

lsternlicht wrote: post #4

http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html ... makes me feel nauseous/dizzy

Resizes the browser, too. Why would anyone do that in 2009?

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Post by rw » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 11:14 PM UTC

nvictor wrote: post #6

please link to TED directly.

This summary took me 1 minute to read, not ~20. It's worth the indirection.

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Post by ujjwalg » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 11:16 PM UTC

lsternlicht wrote: post #4

http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html ... makes me feel nauseous/dizzy

I think he is trying to be sarcastic.

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Post by jodrellblank » Sat, Oct 10, 2009, 11:21 PM UTC

psadauskas wrote: post #7

lsternlicht wrote: post #4

http://www.sagmeister.com/index.html ... makes me feel nauseous/dizzy

Resizes the browser, too. Why would anyone do that in 2009?

Why would any browser let it in 2009?

Dear browser, you are my electronic advocate, not the website's. Act in my interest, not someone elses.