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Bosses Should Sanction The Nap Rather Than Expect Workers To Power On All Day Without Repose. They Might Even Find That Workers' Happiness - Or What Management Types Refer To As "employee Satisfaction Results" - Might Improve.

Beauty, Pleasure, Freedom And Plenty Of Sleep: These Are The Hallmarks Of A Successful Idler's Break. Travel Should Not Be Hard Work.

Truly, The Bench Is A Boon To Idlers. Whoever First Came Up With The Idea Is A Genius: Free Public Resting Places Where You Can Take Time Out From The Bustle And Brouhaha Of The City, And Simply Sit And Watch And Reflect.

I Originally Welcomed The Mobile Phone As It Seemed To Me That It Would Enable You To Work From Anywhere. On The Mobile, Who Was To Know If You Were Sitting On The Branch Of A Tree Or Sitting In An Office? But It Instead Had The Opposite Effect: Instead Of Freeing Us From The Office, It Allowed The Office To Take Away Our Freedom.

Embrace The Faff. Stare Out Of The Window. Bend Paperclips. Stand In The Middle Of The Room Trying To Remember What You Came Downstairs For. Pace. Drum Your Fingertips. Move Papers Around. Hum. Look At The Garden.