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Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Is There a Work Year for Knowledge Workers?

The ideal work year for a knowledge worker is you work all year with the exception of a vacation week er, a vacation week there. I think that's more natural for the type of work tat we're doing in the knowledge sector. We don't think about it, but it's another way to think about burn out,. especially with jobs where when you're doing the work, it's incredibly intense. So why is there so much energy behind the four day work week? E let's go back to that wired article, and i think we can see some clues. One employee from one of the companies said, this strategy shows that the company really does care About our employees. It sounds

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