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Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Tiredness and the Volume of Work

Getting excited to get to work and not feeling exhausted is not solely explained by the volume of work. Survey data shows that only half of workers say they work four hours a day. Some people who accomplish a huge amount of work are not tired. The number of hours most knowledge workers actually work is not as large as expected. So, there's more to it than just the total units of work draining our batteries. The important factor is how we schedule our work, not the volume of it.

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