# The Four-Hour Work Day  URL:: https://ckarchive.com/b/27u2hohv3m877b3h4 Author:: ckarchive.com ## Highlights > What comes naturally is to bear down hard on the work, in an effort to get through it: to get up earlier, skimp on exercise, cancel social occasions, etc. Whereas what *works* – for my soul, sure, but more interestingly for my productivity too – is to keep working at a moderate pace, leaving plenty of time for hiking, sleeping, socialising and so on. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587v7p1wsb8q7fzngjvzjjx)) > … what if I were to deliberately limit myself to a preposterous, clearly insufficient four-hour workday instead? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587vm5ymqbnpvejgde86m02)) > First, just by making the activity a smaller part of your day, you’ll find yourself looking forward to it more. It shifts from being something you *have* to do, for hour after hour, to something you *get* to do. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587wc639g2g7ma49bnpp0zw)) > Second, there’s a palpable shift in your experience of agency, of being in charge of your life. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587wtv9jj8978mvetmvjcgq)) > Finally, you learn the crucial lesson that the sky doesn’t fall in when things get neglected. We [“insecure overachievers”](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180924-are-you-an-insecure-overachiever) – and I know there are plenty of you reading this! – drive ourselves so hard thanks to an unconscious sense that if we don’t, some catastrophe will occur. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587xaphstsecmrnabsbt1sq)) --- Title: The Four-Hour Work Day Author: ckarchive.com Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # The Four-Hour Work Day  URL:: https://ckarchive.com/b/27u2hohv3m877b3h4 Author:: ckarchive.com ## AI-Generated Summary ​ ​ ​ The US paperback edition of my book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals is out now – see here for purchase options! – and the Canadian edition, out the week a... ## Highlights > What comes naturally is to bear down hard on the work, in an effort to get through it: to get up earlier, skimp on exercise, cancel social occasions, etc. Whereas what *works* – for my soul, sure, but more interestingly for my productivity too – is to keep working at a moderate pace, leaving plenty of time for hiking, sleeping, socialising and so on. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587v7p1wsb8q7fzngjvzjjx)) > … what if I were to deliberately limit myself to a preposterous, clearly insufficient four-hour workday instead? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587vm5ymqbnpvejgde86m02)) > First, just by making the activity a smaller part of your day, you’ll find yourself looking forward to it more. It shifts from being something you *have* to do, for hour after hour, to something you *get* to do. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587wc639g2g7ma49bnpp0zw)) > Second, there’s a palpable shift in your experience of agency, of being in charge of your life. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587wtv9jj8978mvetmvjcgq)) > Finally, you learn the crucial lesson that the sky doesn’t fall in when things get neglected. We [“insecure overachievers”](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180924-are-you-an-insecure-overachiever) – and I know there are plenty of you reading this! – drive ourselves so hard thanks to an unconscious sense that if we don’t, some catastrophe will occur. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h587xaphstsecmrnabsbt1sq))