When you're doing hard work, getting rejected, failing, working it outthis is a dumb time to make a situational decision about whether its time for a nap or a day off or a coffee break. Zig Ziglar taught me this twenty years ago. Make your schedule before you start. Dont allow setbacks or blocks or anxiety to push you to say, hey, maybe I should check my e-mail for a while, or you know, I could use a nap. If you do that, the lizard brain will soon be trained to use that escape hatch again and again. -- Seth Godin , Poke the Box