Although allowing ourselves to be stressed and doing so with a growth mindset can feel hard, it turns out that might actually be the easy part. In a paradoxical twist, the second half of the growth equation, rest, can be even harder. Ernest Hemingway said that as difficult as his blocks of writing were, it was “the wait until the next day,” when he forced himself to rest, that was hardest to get through. Or, in the words of another great author, Stephen King, “For me, not working is the real work.”
