stop working so hard !!

[acheng]

我发现长时间工作时确实效率会降低, 唉，谁想那么卖命呢？

I’m currently working the fewest hours per week I ever have in my professional life, and I’ve never been more productive.

We’ve all fallen victim to this irrational way of thinking before:

My competitors are going to crush me if I don’t outwork them!

We’ll never ship $new_feature if we don’t work through the weekend!

If I work just a few more 100 hour weeks, surely that will pay off!

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The Hustle™ is bullshit, and a poor way to accomplish anything of lasting value.

There’s a pervasive and toxic way of thinking ‘round these parts that you’ve gotta out-hustle your competitors; that you have to pull all-nighters and throw away weekends to ship that new feature; that, by working double- or triple-time, you’ll execute better and pull ahead of the pack.

Nope.

What did The Hustle™ accomplish? I gained weight. I wasn’t spending enough time with my (now) wife. I felt like shit. I began to resent my work, and the work I was producing clearly wasn’t my best. I started cutting corners. I went from a mindset of shipping with quality and integrity to “when is this going to be over?”

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Nowadays, I’m working 4-day weeks, and doing no more than an hour or two of intense work at a time. I take a lot of walks. I’ve lost weight. I’m happier. My wife is happier. I’m more present. And most importantly:

I’m doing the best work of my life.

The idea that, without “hustle,” without throwing away nights and weekends, without putting your life on hold for your work, you’ll somehow be more successful, more productive, is ridiculous to me, yet continues to be pushed by participants in our industry left and right. This is, quite simply, insane.

So, dear reader, I implore you: If this post at all rings true, sounds a little too familiar, do yourself a favor — take a vacation. Get away from your work for a bit. Reset. And when you come back, pick some number under 35 and try working that many hours per week, and no more.

I’ll be surprised if you don’t start doing the best work of your life too.

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Postscript: If your colleagues, clients, or bosses don’t get why working less is a better idea, leave. There are far better places to be than at a company that values quantity over quality. (You too, freelancers: Set office hours, take breaks.)

[unreal]

我发现长时间工作时确实效率会降低, 唉，谁想那么卖命呢？

卖命 一词改为 拼命 似更贴切～
我曾经和老兄说过“不会好好休息就不会好好工作”，看来是忠言逆耳噢～
今天再给出升级版：不会玩就不会工作！
因为人只有在放松且无压力状态下效率最高，所以我不论工作/学习遇到疑难就会暂停一下，玩玩游戏、搜索淘宝、看看微博、吃吃零食，最近主要玩Quake 3 Arena，这里还有FPS游戏爱好者么？

[acheng]

这是一个知易行难的事情，现在我每天能有3个小时左右的时间坐在电脑前，工作与休息之间的平衡很难拿捏.而且很多想做的事情没有时间去做，心里也会有些急躁

[unreal]

至少做到按时休息不熬夜、每天锻炼一下。我现在要解决太晚睡，锻炼的话，每天做一遍八段锦，天气好就带女儿下楼散步，天气回暖后已经改为每周带女儿去爬山。
关于急躁，对我现在的年纪，已经错失太多时间，所以急也晚了，只求把想做的事持续推进。