9-5 Is Out. Try the 1-6 Instead

#1

Post by mprat » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 4:51 PM UTC

9-5 Is Out. Try the 1-6 Instead
forbes.com

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#2

Post by nwsm » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:29 PM UTC

God Forbes' website is awful

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#3

Post by rhombocombus » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC

I have felt this way for a long time about work, but my schedule demands something close to an 8 hour day. So to stay fresh, I take walks, small breaks, and try and avoid social media, which makes my desk time immensely more productive, oftentimes moreso than if I were to sit and grind for the entire workday.

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Post by shadowtree » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC

It's absolutely great.

Unless you start having kids. Or work in an area where you need to meet customers face to face. Or both.

Just like working from Bali, working from a van, working from a plane, etc.

If you're a SINK or a DINK, go for it, 100%.

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Post by rhombocombus » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

nwsm wrote: post #2

God Forbes' website is awful

It is genuinely terrible. I enjoy a lot of their content, but that website is malignant.

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Post by ubertaco » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

This is predicated on the idea that you're only really productive in the afternoon, and that the morning is just wasted time.

I'm most productive in the mornings, and my productivity only takes a dive in the afternoon because that's when all my meetings are.

Turns out, anecdotes about an individual's workflow aren't broadly generalizable!

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Post by s73ver_ » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:31 PM UTC

I'm 1000% in favor of spending fewer hours at work, and making those hours that are spent at work count more. However, I'm guessing that the 1-6 was for the bosses, and not for the workers.

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Post by dboreham » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

Nice idea but probably not written by someone who writes code or debugs for a living. Activities that imho benefit from long stretches of deep focus. Now perhaps you could work like that -- 16h sessions -- for three days then snowboard for the remainder of the week. That might work.

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Post by yakitori » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

nwsm wrote: post #2

God Forbes' website is awful

Wasn't forbes banned here because they had malware in their ads which infected a bunch of people and because most of their stuff is behind paywall?

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Post by s73ver_ » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

ubertaco wrote: post #6

This is predicated on the idea that you're only really productive in the afternoon, and that the morning is just wasted time. I'm most productive in the mornings, and my productivity only takes a dive in the afternoon because that's when all my meetings are. Turns out, anecdotes about an individual's workflow aren't broadly generalizable!

I think the point is less about which actual hours, but more about focusing on those hours that you are productive, making those count as much as you can, and not forcing yourself to work more during those unproductive hours "just because".