Stefan Sagmeister says something similar in his TED talk "The power of time off". Every seven years his firm takes a year off to travel, work on hobbies, and ki

Stefan Sagmeister says something similar in his TED talk "The power of time off". Every seven years his firm takes a year off to travel, work on hobbies, and kick around ideas. He goes on to say that some of those ideas influence most of their work for the next seven years, allowing them to consistently produce fresh and amazing work. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_pow...