538 - Why a 4-Day Workweek Makes Humans More Productive & Satisfied: Brendan Lemon and I Dig into The Research and Reasoning

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🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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I have a theory. And it’s backed by research… that if you have a 4 day work week, you’re more productive. Brendan Lemon and I dig into the psychology behind WHY. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:09.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.9	So Microsoft has done a study on this and various employment agencies like Robert Hath
0:20.0	has done studies on this and Corona has done studies on this.
0:22.4	That a four day work week actually does lead to not only the same productivity as a five
0:28.5	day work week but significantly up to 40% more productivity because I guess people
0:32.5	are more relaxed and they're happier and they cite all these things.
0:35.7	That their quality of life is better so they work harder.
0:38.5	Well I just think when you're in the shower, when you're on an airplane, when you're like,
0:42.1	when you're in the time in which somebody is telling you, this is time in which you cannot
0:46.4	be productive.
0:47.6	You can't be.
0:49.0	You can't sit here and write emails.
0:50.7	You can't do a cold outreach.
0:52.6	You can't whatever.
0:53.6	You don't have to access.
0:55.5	The brain feels relieved of this idea of like being focused on trying to create something
1:00.9	and you know, or get specific work done.
1:03.0	And as a result, it's able to wander and come up with different ideas and this kind of
1:06.6	thing.
1:07.6	And I think that I think that a lot of people would be better served by having some of that
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