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The Myth of the 8-Hour Workday
You can get it done in less
Unless we’re working at least eight hours per day, many of us don’t even feel entitled to our monthly paycheck.
Yet, I know more than a few writers and entrepreneurs who’ve improved their income and lifestyle by drastically reducing their work hours (I have experimented with this myself with some success).
So, how does that work? Why would you want to deviate from the proven standard? Isn’t eight hours the ideal amount of time to work in a day?
Here are some thoughts worth considering.
Rethinking the Hustle
The 12- to 16-hour hustle has been held as the golden standard by the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk or Grant Cardone. You can even find Entrepreneur and Forbes articles that in essence say while you can’t control much else, you can control your work ethic, and working 80 hours per week will virtually guarantees your eventual success.
As creatives and creators, we tend to side more with this type of thinking than with the standard employment model.
Having tried the hustle, though, I can honestly say it wasn’t for me. Instead of spending more time on a few priorities, I found myself adding unnecessary tasks and projects to my already too long to-do list. So…
