020: Is the Four Hour Work Week Real?
The Intentional Advantage
Tanya Dalton
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2017
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
What's the ideal amount of time to work each week? Is Elon Musk right that we should be working 80+ hour weeks or is Tim Ferriss correct in thinking you only should work four? I'm discussing these questions along with some streamlining and time management tips so you can figure out the amount of hours that work for you. Learn how people see their work differently and how that will affect the way you work.
What's In This Episode:
• Learn the health costs of being overworked.
• Understand why working more than 40 hours a week may be costing you more than you think.
• Find out why using automations is a major key to success at work.
• Apply Tim Ferriss' suggestions for productivity & time management to empower yourself and coworkers using
• Discover how people view "work" differently and the importance in streamlining so you can work more effectively.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inquell Press, a podcast focused on finding true fulfillment and happiness through the power of productivity. |
| 0:09.2 | To get your free checklist, five minutes to peak productivity, simply sign up at Inquilpress.com slash podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton. |
| 0:19.3 | Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton. Hello, hello, everyone. |
| 0:22.9 | Welcome to Productivity Paradox. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, and this is episode 20. |
| 0:30.6 | Today, we are going to be talking about, |
| 0:36.5 | is the four-hour work week really a concept that we can implement into our lives? |
| 0:40.0 | I hear this question a lot from people who have read the book, |
| 0:44.1 | the four-hour work week, and they wonder, is it really true? |
| 0:48.1 | Can you work four hours a week and be wildly successful? |
| 0:52.8 | So really, I think what the question is that people are boiling it down to is, |
| 0:55.8 | what's the ideal amount of time to work each week? And there are two thought camps out there. So we have the Tim Ferriss idea, |
| 1:03.8 | and he's the author of the four-hour work week, and he says work as little as possible. |
| 1:10.2 | And then on the opposite end, we have Elon Musk, who says, work like a dog. |
| 1:16.5 | Here's a man who's famous for saying he regularly works 80 to 100 hour work weeks. |
| 1:23.2 | So what is the ideal amount of time you want to put into work? Well, again, I truly believe |
| 1:30.8 | this is personal. And I feel like it really helps to look at both of these ideas so you can |
| 1:37.3 | figure out what works for you, or what can you pull from each of these to create an ideal amount |
| 1:43.6 | of work that fits your life |
| 1:45.7 | and the way that you want to live? So let's break down the thought process behind both of these |
| 1:50.9 | tactics. And let's start with Elon Musk. For those of you who don't know, he is widely |
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