#FocusFriday at SAP
Software giant SAP recently announced that it was implementing #FocusFriday in its German offices. As executive Cawa Younosi explained on LinkedIn, Intention behind Focus Friday is to guarantee
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, REST, and the four-hour day
One of the central arguments I make in my book REST is that when they have a lot of control over their time, highly accomplished people tend to
Estonia tries lost time as a fine for speeding
My house is on the edge of a major freeway exit and street that is regularly clogged with traffic in the mornings. (I'm in Silicon Valley, a couple
How much do we need to work to be happy?
One of the objections I sometimes get to the 4-day workweek runs something like this: Since we know that unemployment makes people unhappy, doesn’t this mean that reducing
Time isn’t money: “I can buy anything I want, basically, but I can’t buy time”
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett were interviewed by Charlie Rose (I don't know the date it aired, sorry), and in this excerpt on YouTube, Gates talks about what
Roombot and meeting scheduling
In my study of how companies shorten their workdays, one of the things I've consistently seen is companies shortening meetings, and doing a number of things to make
Oliver Burkeman on the four-hour working day
Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman talks about REST in his latest column, "Let’s hear it for the four-hour working day," and makes a connection that I confess I hadn't
How varied activities contribute to happiness: “‘variety is the spice of life’—but not of an hour”
One of the things I noticed in REST is that the people I was writing about found way stop lead terrifically productive lives, make great discoveries, and create
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield: “People can only think really hard for 6 to 8 hours a day”
I talk briefly about it in REST, but I'm planning a piece that's a deep dive into thinking about working hours in the tech industry, and how some
“What do I want to do more of with my nonworking time?”
Good advice from Laura Vanderkam: Instead of resolving to achieve work–life balance, it’s better to ask this question: What do I want to do more of with my