Numa sociedade obcecada com a produtividade, será que sabemos realmente parar? As férias tornaram-se numa maratona de actividades e partilhas nas redes sociais. Parece que temos de provar ao mundo (e a nós próprios) que estamos a aproveitar o nosso tempo livre. Mas estaremos realmente a viver, ou apenas a desempenhar uma versão hiperactiva do descanso? E se, em vez de procurarmos novas fórmulas para viver, questionássemos a própria necessidade de fórmulas?

Try stopping for once.

It was imagined, or predicted, that we would work less and less and gain time for the pleasure of becoming better, wiser and more cultured. Idleness would no longer belong to the lazy and the fortunate, but would be available to all, or at least to many more. None of this happened.

In the modern world of work and society, we need to make room and respect time for leisure, in order to develop business; we need to embrace boredom, strengthening the muscle that resists the temptation to be permanently occupied or entertained; we need to recover the original notions of leisure and contemplation as the basis of human learning and development.

Idleness, in the original meaning of the term, is not just standing still". In a world of accelerating change, entrepreneurs are required to have an increasingly wide range of characteristics in order to "steady the ship". And even more to bring it to a good port. João Sevilhano sets out the obstacles and challenges inherent in this mission.

We are a school, a company, a team and a community interested in uplifting people and organisations; we exist to help our clients live better lives and achieve their results by creating learning contexts. We believe that knowledge and know-how are not enough. Today, always, what makes the difference is knowing-being.