The Rest Revolution: How to Reclaim Your Rhythm and Conquer Burnout When Overworking Has Become the Norm - Hardcover

by Amanda Miller Littlejohn (Author)

Navigate the competitive work landscape, redefine your approach to ambition, and reclaim your rhythm beyond burnout

In a culture that values productivity as a sign of success, many professionals are on the verge of burnout, pushed--sometimes unconsciously and other times overtly--to keep working, keep producing, and keep reaching new heights at an unsustainable pace, often at the expense of their physical and mental wellbeing. In The Rest Revolution, executive and personal branding coach Amanda Miller Littlejohn shows readers how to restore themselves after burnout, and navigate the rigors of competitive work without sacrificing self.

Inspired by Littlejohn's experience as an executive coach to high achievers, The Rest Revolution explores topics such as:

• The modern causes of exhaustion
• How personal achievement, social conditioning, and systemic barriers pose threats to rest
• How high achievers can take their overworking tendencies off autopilot
• How to use self-discovery to create your personalized plan to combat burnout
• Balancing achievement with self-care and wellness
• How perfectionism and imposter syndrome create a fertile ground for exhaustion
• 5 Rules of Rest - how to reclaim your time, mind, ambition, and more
• How high achievers are breaking the burnout cycle with a rest framework derived from nature

Creative, prescriptive, and insightful with everything you need to reshape your approach to work and rest, The Rest Revolution is a deep dive into the causes of burnout, and an essential read for everyone looking to rise above workaholism while still achieving great heights in work, business, and life.

Front Jacket

In today's culture, many high-achieving professionals are on the verge of burnout. Sometimes unconsciously and other times overtly, many are pushed to keep working to prove their worth, produce at unsustainable levels, and continue striving to reach new heights at the expense of their physical and mental well-being.

In The Rest Revolution, Amanda Miller Littlejohn shows readers how to navigate a competitive world that requires your ambition. It's a recovery manual for the self when overworking has taken you over the edge. Inspired by new original reporting and the insights gleaned from fifteen years of serving as a coach to high achievers, this book contains both the context to understand how we got here and the reframe we need to see our way out of the paradigm of overwork that has permeated our modern culture.

Littlejohn investigates longstanding cultural norms about work and rest that have been passed down through generations, investigates their origins, and challenges their usefulness in the modern day. In their place, she offers readers a plan to move past "machine mindset" to stop "repeatedly skipping winter" so they can instead reclaim a restorative nature-based approach that adopts a seasonal rhythm of achievement and honors the ebb and flow inherent in all living things.

Using her experience as a coach, she also provides actionable guidance to help readers clarify, communicate, and champion their inner genius so they can pursue more purposeful and energizing experiences at work and beyond.

Guaranteed to elicit a positive mental shift in how you view and approach your work, The Rest Revolution is a must-read for highly driven individuals who believe there's a way to achieve success on their terms without forgoing well-being, sacrificing key relationships, or succumbing to the inevitable burnout that has too often become the standard price for achievement in the modern era.

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Praise for THE Rest REVOLUTION

"For many people, work is simply not working. The Rest Revolution is a modern-day treatise on our obsession with work with a holistic plan to help us recalibrate, find a sustainable way forward, and heal. If the compounding pressures of working, achieving, and creating success in this world have led you to burnout and you're looking for another path, you need to read this book."
--LAUREN MAILLIAN, award-winning Entrepreneur, Investor, and Author of The Path Redefined

"Amanda Miller Littlejohn's powerful and innate ability to observe patterns, hear the lessons in my and others' experiences, and then artfully package them into digestible and actionable tools and messages is unmatched. Through The Rest Revolution, now you too will gain access to some of her most powerful recommendations for how we can show up better for ourselves, our families, and our purpose without also showing up with exhaustion. Rich with examples, poignant observations, head-nodding perspectives, and deep historical insights, this book is sure to be a resource that helps us make the pivot toward our health, rest, and well-being that we all deserve."
--AMBER CABRAL, Author of Allies and Advocates and Say More About That

"In The Rest Revolution, Amanda Miller Littlejohn helps us come to terms with our humanity and see that being human does not have to come at the cost of productivity. In the book, she gives us language to describe the roots of our collective sense of exhaustion, and offers practical advice for what we should do instead. While The Great Resignation insinuated that 'Just do less' was the panacea for burnout, Littlejohn illustrates that the more you're working in your purpose by doing things you deeply care about, the less susceptible to burnout you'll be. An important book."
-- TODD ROSE, CEO of Populace and Bestselling Author of Collective Illusions, Dark Horse, and The End of Average

"The Rest Revolution is a thoughtful and thorough guide to understanding and recovering from your burnout, and then creating a meaningful, energizing life from there. Amanda Miller Littlejohn is an expert guide on this topic, and every page is imbued with her care and deep insight."
--TARA MOHR, Author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create and Lead

"The Rest Revolution by Amanda Miller Littlejohn is an eye opener and wake-up call for the American workforce! She dives deep into how we got to this dysfunctional imbalance between work and rest and offers practical solutions to get us out of it. It's a must-read!"
--UKONWA OJO, Entrepreneur and Investor