If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from over four years of running my four-day a week, one-person business, it’s that you can’t work less if you don’t have a strong system. Without a unified approach, everything from your productivity, to your well-being, to your core business can suffer. But there’s a reason why this problem is so pervasive: Building a business where you work fewer hours takes time, effort, and commitment. And that’s where many people (including myself) can get stuck. The...

People who learn to rest deliberately, work less, and are more productive. Period. The idea that working longer hours increases productivity is so deeply ingrained it’s hard to believe embracing rest and recovery could be a more productive option. But it is. Every single time you take a break, your brain is just as energetic as when it’s engaged in work. And that’s why intentional rest (as counter-intuitive as it seems) is the secret to working less. Just like our bodies need sleep to...

The reason so many of us struggle to make meaningful progress on our goals is because we’re always in a state of shallow work due to constant distractions. Our attention is constantly fragmented by interruptions, multitasking, and reactive work habits, which leads to inefficiencies, and ultimately longer work hours. So, today we’re going to focus on how creating an environment that minimises these distractions and fosters deep, uninterrupted work can lead to accomplishing more in less time,...