The way we're working isn't workingTony Schwartz
The way we're working isn't working
by Tony Schwartz · first published 2010
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I am reading The Way We're Working Isn't Working, also by Schwartz, and I would highly recommend it (though you've already read one book by him, so it might be overkill).
on “Bother Me, I'm Thinking ” ↗You don't need to take your health advice from 37s -- the book "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" is basically nothing BUT cited research that shows how overwork hurts everybody & everything, including the employer/project.
on “Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining” ↗…this very topic -- many of which show the perils, yes, of trying to do non-manual-labor for extended hours -- get the book Be Excellent at Anything, which is a misnomer. The book used to be titled The Way We're Working Isn't Working, and it was a huge overview of studies that show, well, the way people are working isn't working.
on “Stop Working More than 40 Hours a Week” ↗Coincidentally enough I just started reading The Way We're Working Isn't Working and this one of the arguments he makes (i.e. that we tend to run ourselves ragged by trying to work longer and longer hours to 'be more productive', when it usually results in just the opposite). I can…
on “Waking up at 5am to code” ↗…research and animal experimentation on sleep the past several decades. Michel Jouvet[1] forced cats to stay awake until they drowned. Most cats survived for 35 days.[2] Tony Schwartz in his book "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" also mentioned a study on laboratory mice. They were deprived of ever sleeping until they died. From this Tony Schwatz advises we have a daily nap. I'm sure there are countless other hellish and inhumane…
on “Didn't Get Enough Sleep? You Might As Well Be Drunk” ↗Tony Schwartz in his book "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" is big on naps. It's basically the crux of the book. In it, he mentions a study on laboratory mice. They were deprived of sleeping or even being unconscious until they died. From this Tony Schwatz deduces…
on “What Naps Do For Your Brain” ↗