Mental models

Mental models can be helpful and problematic. I often end up in a thinking pattern like ‘You are worth something because of the hard work you do’. On one hand, it drives me to prove I can take on and do the job and thereby to perform well. On the other hand, I know I need more rest – and that my best ideas often occur when I take a break, that is when I am not being ‘productive’. I keep working on bringing myself and others to understand that it is not (only) how hard we work, that makes the difference.