Work less achieve more - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Work less achieve more - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog The idea that working more does not necessarily mean achieving more, and that we need to end the cult of overwork, seems to be cropping up all over the place these days. Here are a few great, recent sightings. Fred Gratzon lists the Top 10 signs youre made to be an entrepreneur, including You are unemployable and You have the uncanny ability to get other people to do all the work. In Spend less time working, get more done Adam Wiggins follows up on my post on why seat time does not equal productivity. Excellent! Impact of overtime on productivity is on overwork in software development, but applies to all fields. A common effect of putting teams under pressure is that they will reduce their concentration on quality and focus instead on just banging out code. Theyll hunker down, stop helping each other so much, reduce testing, reduce refactoring, and generally revert to just coding. Interview with vacation advocate Joe Robinson What is a gross national product when you dont have a life? A few years ago, the Norwegians found that they were 14 percent more productive than we [Americans] are. So they elected to take more time off. Tom Hodgkinson tears apart some recent bad business books The books under review recommend all sorts of immoral actions. In the old days, greed and covetousness were seen as sinful; now they are encouraged. Jack Welchs Winning sets the tone. The author grins manically from the cover despite the silver hair, manicured nails and perfect teeth, he looks like Beelzebub incarnate. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related