🎯 Work Smart Wednesday - January 24, 2024
A study on why working more is counterproductive, the best video on business I watched in 2023, and a quote on how to measure your productivity
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1. ⛏️ Working more is counterproductive
A new road is being built in your local area.
Two construction crews are both working on the same project.
Crew 1: Working 40 hours a week.
Crew 2: Working 60+ hours a week, including overtime.
Who do you think will finish the project first?
If you said Crew 2, you’d be wrong.
Because of the negative productivity costs of overtime, Crew 2 actually finishes the project SLOWER than Crew 1, despite working 50% more hours each week.
This isn’t a hypothetic, but a real study. You can read the full scientific study here.
The same results have been shown with entrepreneurs. It is counterintuitive, but working less helps you to achieve more.
Cutting your work hours is likely to not only make you happier, it will also make you more productive.
Are you working too much? What are you going to do about it?
2. 🎥 The best business video I watched in 2023
Hormozi has had some controversy around him recently, just as most people in the public eye do. However you feel about his personal views, he does have some insights that are worth listening to.
One of his videos was probably the best video about business I watched last year. It also inspired multiple points made in Work Smart Wednesday.
Ignore the cringy title, the video is full of incredible insights. Well worth a watch.
P.s. his books are also worth picking up, they’re filled with very insightful and actionable advice.
3. 💡 Quote I'm pondering
“Don't measure your productivity by the number of hours you work. Instead, measure it by the impact and quality of your work."
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I track my time diligently. However, I know that my productivity has little to do with my time. My time input is a measure of resource efficiency, which is a subtle difference.
For me, productivity is about one thing: getting the result you want.
If you achieved what you wanted to achieve, you have been productive. If you didn’t, you need to revisit what happened and improve for next time.
The first step to improvement is fully understanding the current situation.
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