Loehr and schwartz8/19/2023 ![]() Research has found that there is a direct correlation between lack of recovery and increased incidence of health and safety problems. The very lack of a recovery period is dramatically holding back our collective ability to be resilient and successful. However, this entire conception is scientifically inaccurate. We believe that the longer we tough it out, the tougher we are, and therefore the more successful we will be. ![]() ![]() We imagine a Marine slogging through the mud, a boxer going one more round, or a football player picking himself up off the turf for one more play. We often take a militaristic, “tough” approach to resilience and grit. Why can’t we be tougher - more resilient and determined in our work – so we can accomplish all of the goals we set for ourselves? Based on our current research, we have come to realize that the problem is not our hectic schedule or the plane travel itself the problem comes from a misunderstanding of what it means to be resilient, and the resulting impact of overworking. Why should flying deplete us? We’re just sitting there doing nothing. Even worse, after refreshing our email or reading the same studies over and over, we are too exhausted when we land to soldier on with the emails that have inevitably still piled up. Then, when we try to have that amazing work session in flight, we get nothing done. We race to get all our ground work done: packing, going through TSA, doing a last-minute work call, calling each other, then boarding the plane. As constant travelers and parents of a 2-year-old, we sometimes fantasize about how much work we can do when one of us gets on a plane, undistracted by phones, friends, and Finding Nemo.
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