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Encore Episode: The High Cost of Overwork

July 24, 2018 by Michael Hyatt

Most people try to get more done by working more hours. Despite working longer days, we get less done. As our level of investment rises, productivity plummets. Until finally, we experience burnout. In this episode, we’re going to talk about productivity, and we’ll expose the fallacy that you can accomplish more by simply working harder. […]

Filed Under: Lead to Win, Leadership, Personal Development, Podcast Tagged With: Leadership, leading teams, Margin, overwork, Podcast, Productivity, research

How the F2F Assessment Changed My Life

(and Boosted My Productivity)

March 6, 2018 by Roy Barberi

In life and in business, there are a lot of distractions. It can be fun to run down those rabbit trails, but it’s easy to lose track, and hard to get back to doing the most important things for the time that we have. I am a husband and father of 12 children. I am […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Productivity Tagged With: assessment, Leadership, Margin, overwork, Productivity, research

Our Soured Romance with Overwork

Why We Keep Falling for It Over and Over Again

March 6, 2018 by RiShawn Biddle

The idea that working ever harder and longer leads to better results is as American as apple pie, despite all evidence to the contrary. Chronic overwork is unproductive, unhealthy, and destructive of a balanced life. Yet against the evidence—and against the advice of incredibly successful people such as Henry David Thoreau and Henry Ford—overwork remains […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Productivity Tagged With: Leadership, Margin, overwork, Productivity, research, science

The Science of Overwork

How Breaks Can Help You Break Through

March 6, 2018 by Erin Wildermuth

In the 2007 film “Music and Lyrics,” an absent-minded lyricist played by Drew Barrymore drives her high-strung musical partner a little crazy by insisting that they take breaks throughout the day. Each time they take a walk or run out for food, however, the lyrics come to her as if by magic. Sometimes, as an […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Productivity Tagged With: Leadership, Margin, overwork, Productivity, research, science

The High Cost of Overwork

March 6, 2018 by Michael Hyatt

Most people try to get more done by working more hours. Despite working longer days, we get less done. As our level of investment rises, productivity plummets. Until finally, we experience burnout. In this episode, we’re going to talk about productivity, and we’ll expose the fallacy that you can accomplish more by simply working harder. […]

Filed Under: Lead to Win, Leadership, Personal Development, Podcast Tagged With: Leadership, leading teams, Margin, overwork, Podcast, Productivity, research