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Apr 2020
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562: How to Get More Done by Working Les...

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About this episode

Alex Pang discusses how to significantly boost your productivity while working fewer hours.


— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) How working fewer hours greatly increases productivity.

2) Small productivity hacks that save a massive amount of time.

3) When you should and shouldn’t multitask.


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep562 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT ALEX —

Alex Pang is the founder of Strategy and Rest, a consultancy devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten workdays, while staying focused and productive. He is the author of 4 books and have been featured in publications such as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, and the New Yorker. 

Pang is also an international speaker and has led workshops across the globe on the future of work and how deliberate rest makes creative careers more productive and sustainable. He received his B.A. and Ph.D in History of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

• Alex’s book: Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less— Here's How

• Alex’s book: Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

• Alex’s website: www.Strategy.rest

• Alex’s Instagram: @askpang

• Alex’s Twitter: @askpang


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Scrivener

• Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

• Book: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

• Past episode: 466: How to Get Home Earlier by Automating (Some of) Your Work with Wade Foster


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