Do we need an 8 hour work day?
by marcolandry ~ April 4th, 2008. Filed under: General.Is an 8 hour work day still required? Well if you look at some of the greatest leaders in history it would seem that a few hours of work per day combined with variety might be more beneficial for your productivity (and sanity).
Although corporate America might not be ready for this type of flexibility I believe employees can find various ways to balance their work day and increase their creativity and productivity.
Albert van Zyl, posted an interesting blog entry that talks about this in more details. Basically, the post says that we can learn the following items from some of the great leaders/thinkers:
- Don’t work long hours
- Take breaks
- Take even longer breaks
- Stop work and sit down for meals
- Don’t work in the afternoons
- Mix it up
- Aim low (don’t schedule every minutes of your day)
- Take time to relax
- Get up early
- Exercise
On the flip side of this, a lot of great leaders worked several hours per day. So I am not saying that you should reduce your work week to a few a hours but find what works for you.
