This is the Read to Lead podcast episode 397.

So many people are just reactionary to the life that they think they've been handed.

Instead of stepping back and saying, wait a second, do I intentionally

want to do this for my life, for my business, for my family? A remarkable positive consequence

of the worldwide lockdown is the experiment it inherently created by everyone abruptly and

continuously working from home and making their own schedules. The last year has proven to even

the skeptics that work

can be done differently. But will the change be permanent? Or will we, as usual, return to what we

know? Will we allow the industrial mindset to continue to define our week? Or will we reinvent

ourselves and our time? Hi, I'm Jeff Brown, and this is the Read to Lead podcast, the podcast

dedicated to your personal and professional growth. I'm here because I believe that if you

want to achieve true success in your business and in your life, then intentional and consistent

reading has got to be a part of that plan. So each week I interview a successful and

inspiring author about their latest book and help bring you from it the key insights and main ideas.

Today we're going to chat with author Joe Sanok.

He's written a new book called Thursday is the New Friday, How to Work Fewer Hours, Make More Money and Spend Time Doing What You Want.

Make sure you stay till the end of the show as I'll be sharing how you

can win a copy of Joe's book. I'm going to quiz Joe about the history behind why we are, where we

are with regard to some of our work traditions, what his research has uncovered about the

factors that reliably predict success, how slowing down at work makes us more productive and even

sparks greater creativity

and focus and lots more. I'd like to spark for you greater convenience, and along with that,

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