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Purpose & Benefits of a 4-Hour Work day

Purpose & Benefits of a 4-Hour Work day

Purpose: To do our work more efficiently, in an effort to manage both time and energy

Benefits: 

  1. Output increases as a result of efficiently using our time
  2. An improved state of mind (flow state) will naturally improve the value of the work that you put out
  3. Improved value of work put out can increase the money you can make from your work

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Practicality of a 4-Hour Work Day

Practicality of a 4-Hour Work Day

The authors shares a couple points to consider on this aspect of the topic

  • Not everyone's work is well suited to a 4-hour work day
  • The focus behind the idea, however, is to be more mindful of how we work and see if we can implement a 4-hour focused block of time in our current ...

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4-Hour Workday is Deep Work and Flow State Combined

4-Hour Workday is Deep Work and Flow State Combined

Deep Work in a Flow State- A flow state is where we are so wrapped up in the single task at hand and time passes without us noticing because we are accomplishing meaningful work. 

A 4-hour workday is possible because we are doing deep work while in a flow state

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Summing Up. A 4-Hour Work Day:

Summing Up. A 4-Hour Work Day:

  • helps us create more meaningful work
  • increases the value of that work
  • helps us reclaim valuable time while using our energy efficiently
  • possibly helps with reaching a level of success or financial freedom

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Aim for the 4-Hour Workday Instead of 4-Hour Workweek

Aim for the 4-Hour Workday Instead of 4-Hour Workweek

The goal is not to work 4 hours less but to:

Become Mindful- Notice how you are currently spending your time at work, especially the time wasted doing useless tasks

Deep Work over Shallow Work- Shallow work is busy and unfocused. Deep work, made popul...

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SANDEEP KOCHER

One hour in the flow state is probably equal to 100 or even 1000 hours of normal state both in terms of output & in terms of joy.

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