I recently read an article composed by Arianna Huffington
titled the same as my blog post tonight. In the article, Arianna wrote “According to 2012 numbers from
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, among European
countries, Greece was number one in hours worked, Hungary was second, and
Poland third. Their productivity rankings, however, were 18th, 24th, and 25th
(dead last). Working the fewest hours were the Dutch, Germans, and Norwegians,
who came in at fifth, seventh, and second in productivity.”
She took the time to discuss how overachievers and
entrepreneurs feel “lazy” if they are not working all of the time. I can certainly
understand this psychology. I run several businesses. If I spend an hour not
working, I feel like my competition is catching up to me. While I was sad to read the stats of her
article, I certainly found comfort that I am not the only one who thinks down
time equates to loss of profits or laziness. I certainly would rather close a
deal at midnight than be in the club not making money!
However, Arianna is right.
Being over productive can actually make the quality of work decline. Not
sleeping, not being in the club, not taking time for our own health hurts us.
This isn’t a good thing and leads to burn out.
All of this said, it is the weekend. As we head into Saturday-
take some time off from your work and enjoy life- maybe even take a nap!
Until Monday,
Coco the CEO
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