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How to set achievable goals
How to create and stick to a schedule
How to break down large projects into smaller manageable tasks
How to implement a four-day workweek
- You need to set up hard and soft boundaries around your time. Hard boundaries are non-negotiable and soft boundaries are rules that can be relaxed when an emergency arises. The hardest part may be setting boundaries with yourself, especially if you’re self-employed or work from home.
- Then measure your progress to determine if the shift to four days is working well. Track how many hours you work and how much money you produce.
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“Our best work never comes when we’re stressed and maxed out. It’s intuitive but research points to it, too. When you move to a four-day workweek with strong boundaries around when work starts and stops, employees are often more creative and more productive.”
JOE SANOK
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Why less is more
- Researchers in Iceland tracked a group of 2,500 employees who worked a four-day workweek with the same pay and found that their wellbeing dramatically increased, and they reported less stress and burnout and better work-life balance.
- Microsoft Japan experimented with a...
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Getting your boss aboard
No supervisor wants to look like they made numbers drop due to an experiment. They want credit for being innovative.
- Four-day workweeks often work best when an entire team is on the same schedule. To handle client emergencies, companies can put a contingency plan in place, with ...
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How we measure productivity
A five-day, 40-hour workweek may work well when output is measured by items coming down an assembly line, but productivity is different when it comes to knowledge work.
The pandemic disrupted standard ways of working and created an experiment where compan...
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- Pick a few metrics that will estimate what matters. The metrics should be easy to measure and time...
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- Set aside a 30-day period during which you will take a break from optional technologies in your life. Work email is not optional. Twitter probably is.
- During this break, explore and rediscover activities and behaviors you find satisfying and meaningful.
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- Create checklists by imagining the best way to complete your task in detail.
- The 2-minute rule. Take enough 2-minute tasks to create momentum. Start with anything, but end with tasks related to your intended work.
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