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The Advantage Of Being A Little Underemployed
As Fried expands: Very few people work even 8 hours a day. You’re lucky if you get a few good hours in between all the meetings, interruptions, web surfing, office politics, and personal business that permeate the typical workday. Fewer official working hours helps squeeze the fat out of the typical workweek. Once everyone has less time to get thei
... See moreCal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
In the summer of 2007, the software company 37signals (now called Basecamp) launched an experiment: They shortened their workweek from five days to four. Their employees seemed to accomplish the same amount of work with one less day, so they made this change permanent: Every year, from May through October, 37signals employees work only Monday to Th
... See moreCal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
