"**Good decisions are not made by those who are running on empty**. What kind of interior life can you have, what kind of thinking can you do, when you’re utterly and completely overworked? It’s a vicious cycle: **We end up having to work more to fix the errors we made when we would have been better off resting**, having consciously said no instead of reflexively saying yes. **We end up pushing good people away (and losing relationships) because we’re wound so tight and have so little patience.**" ([Location 2410](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=2410)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[resting]], [[work-life-balance]], [[relationships]], [[making-decisions]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]