Disciplined Breaks, Two Years On
I described Disciplined Breaks here in 2017. Sometimes people ask me how that's working. I wish my answer was more confident and assertive, but what I can say is "it works great when we do it." I use Disciplined Breaks in all of my training and coaching engagements, and often in conference talks. It works. 100% of the time it works. It works so well that people feel like they're cheating. They feel guilty for not being tired. When I'm not there to enforce it, the teams practice it sporadically at best. When they work solo, few of them ever continue it (even though it works 100% of the time). Worse, when I work solo, I also sometimes "forget" to do it. Yes, even though it works all the time. We are talking about human beings and their sense of sufficiency and power and their work ethic and competitive, go-getter training. Disciplined Breaks is a behavioral skill, and all behavioral skills (especially formal disciplines) are hard. We are be...