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.