Escapism or a change of mindset?

As Tom spends the month in California, we remind everyone how good a change of pace can be. In this issue: A Change of Pace Escape into a Book Tom's Tweets A Change of Pace Everyone needs a getaway from time to time. Tom and Susan are spending February in Santa Barbara. They're enjoying the change of pace from New England. Taking a break, doing something new, changing your mindset can lead you to innovate and create more unique work product. Try to change your mindset occasionally–whether it's a stay someplace sunny or a warm bath with a great book. “By indirection direction find.”—William Shakespeare, "Hamlet" “To be playful is to allow for unlimited possibility.”—James Carse “No one rises so high as he who knows not where he is going.”—Oliver Cromwell Here's a word from Tom on unexpected results from his manifesto, [Surprise, Transformation & Excellence Through “Spontaneous Discovery”]( Summer 2009 was the summer of brush clearing. And, it turned out, much more. It started as simple exercise. After a day or two, scratches from head to toe, and enjoyment, I set myself a goal of clearing a little space to get a better view of one of the farm ponds. That revealed something else…to my surprise. At a casual dinner, I sat next to a landscaper, and we got to talking about our farm and my skills with clipper, saw, etc. In particular, she suggested that I do some clearing around a few of our big boulders. Intrigued, I set about clearing, on our main trail, around a couple of said boulders. I was again amazed at the result. That in turn led to attacking some dense brush and brambles around some barely visible rocks that had always intrigued me—which led to “finding,” in effect, a great place for a more or less “Zen garden,” as we’ve taken to calling it. Which led to…more and more. And more. Escape into a Book Tom has long contended, "Great fiction beats professional tomes when it comes to management instruction. Why? Enterprises are nothing other than canvases upon which human dramas are enacted." Here are some fiction reads that Tom recommends: - Anthem, by Noah Hawley - 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis - Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr - The Daughters of Mars, by Thomas Keneally - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy Tom's recommendations for non-fiction may include some professional tomes, but also art, history, meditation, and other topics: - This Is How They Tell Me How the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, by Nicole Perlroth - The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness, by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval - The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference, by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval - Bruegel. The Complete Paintings. 40th Edition. by Jürgen Müller - The B Corp Handbook: How You Can Use Business as a Force for Good, by Ryan Honeyman and Tiffany Jana - Liars: Falsehood and Free Speech in an Age of Deception, by Cass R. Sunstein - Meditation Now or Never, by Steve Hagen - Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference, by Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli - Midnight in Chernobyl, by Adam Higginbotham Tom's Tweets [Tom's Website]( [Find Tom]( [Follow Tom]( Copyright © 2022 Tom Peters Company, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Tom Peters Company PO Box 290058 C/O RSM 80 City SquareBoston, MA 02129-0201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](