Redefining Rest - Slowing Down to Speed Up! | Bec Heinrich | TEDxFargo

Bec Heinrich studies, develops, coaches and consults to leaders of all ages. In this talk she shares about how the disease of busyness is corroding our lives and why rest is critical for inspiring and sustainable leadership. Bec explores how rest transformed her life and leadership, and from her research, shares about the impact of rest on people’s performance. Bec has spent the past 18 years focused on developing leaders of all ages. Bec launched her first business at the age of 16, and her second, a social enterprise which consulted to the education sector in Australia to design and facilitate leadership and character development programs, at the age of 21. She spent 10 years scaling this organization. Bec moved to the United States and is a manager at Deloitte’s Washington DC Greenhouse, an innovation and collaboration space where she helps executive-level commercial, government and non-profit clients focus on strategic conversations. Bec has degrees in politics and law from Macquarie University in Sydney, has studied social entrepreneurship and innovation at Stanford University and recently completed a master’s in leadership at Georgetown University. Her thesis was on the impact of rest on the performance of leaders, inspired after she took a year-long sabbatical to learn how to slow down in order to speed up. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at