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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Office Hours: Six-Day Workweek vs. Four-Day Workweek, The Illusion of College Selectivity, Monitoring Your Substance Use

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.45.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Scott gives his thoughts to a listener inquiring about a six-day workweek and its effects on employee productivity. He then discusses the inflation of college applications and what the future holds for higher education. He wraps up with an honest conversation about monitoring your substance use.  Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Support for ProPG comes from Chevrolet, the development of the automobile started in the 18th century with the invention of the first steam-powered vehicle.

0:07.8

Since that day, inventors and companies have pushed for innovation in the people moving business.

0:13.4

From performance and safety technologies to an all-electric future, Chevrolet is one of those automotive companies that has been making cars for everyone for over a hundred years.

0:22.0

And now, they are looking to make electric vehicles for everyone too.

0:26.4

Even some of the most popular and top-selling models, including the Silverado Equinox and Blazer, will be available as EVs later this year.

0:34.7

Go to Chevrolet.com slash electric to learn more.

0:39.0

Welcome to the ProPGP's Office Hours. This is the part of the show where we answer your questions about business, big tech entrepreneurship and whatever else is on your mind.

0:54.8

If you'd like to submit a question, please email a voice recording to officehoursaproptgemedia.com.

1:00.0

Again, that's Office Hours at PropGMedia.com. I have not heard or seen these questions. First question.

1:06.1

This is Josie coming to you from Charleston, South Carolina. I had a question I would be so grateful for Mr. Galloway to address, specifically relating to the concept of a six-day work week.

1:18.3

As compared with the four-day work week, I'm hearing often referred to in various industries nowadays.

1:26.0

My daughter is an adolescent enrolled in an education program geared towards elite athletes and students pursuing artistic endeavors who don't feel they have enough time to pursue their interests outside of a regular full day school day.

1:44.7

And this school caters to them in that it provides half-day studies in a classic school environment without the classic school schedule, which gives these kids great freedom to pursue outside interests.

1:59.7

And may me start to wonder how could we apply this to our work week as adults too? Would we not be more productive if we could take half days to work?

2:13.8

And pursue our own outside interests and live our lives the rest of the day. And would this be worth a six-day work week to many people? I know it would be to me.

2:27.1

How do you feel this would affect productivity in the United States if we were not so devoted to the five-day work week?

2:37.5

Joseph from Charleston, South Carolina. Thanks for the question. I had an academic call me so about every,

2:43.4

used to be every week, not every month, I would say an academic from another university will call me and ask for advice.

2:49.7

And basically what they're asking for in the most polite ways. My research and my work is so much more impressive than yours, Professor Galloway,

2:57.3

yet you're so much more famous than me. How do we close the gap?

3:01.1

I got very lucky and I was able to reinvent myself. And I think I had some skill at figuring out where the next wave was coming from in the 90s.

3:07.1

I was in e-commerce. In the 2000s, I started getting into thinking a lot about benchmarking in analytics. And then I pivoted to how technology disrupts traditional industry.

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