Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day

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Published July 31, 2023 6:00am

Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed by everything you have to do? The writer Oliver Burkeman recently experimented with an unexpected response to this common sensation: he decided to work much less. In more detail, he wanted to see what would happen if he reacted to overload by restricting his work to only four hours per day. In this episode, Cal reviews what Burkeman discovered in this experiment and what it teaches the rest of us. 

 

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