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How Working Less = Better Work, More Success, and a Better Life

The hustle is not the answer

Reece Robertson
The Startup
Published in
4 min readAug 8, 2018

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“There’s this new-age obsession with squeezing every ounce out of your day. I’ve tried both hyper-productivity and being incredibly lazy. What I’ve found that works is a mixture of both.” -Tim Denning

“Hustle, hustle, hustle” has come to be widely recognized as the fundamental ingredient of success.

Many swear by the fact that the quality of your life, and what you achieve is directly determined by how much time you give to your work.

But the truth is, you can produce better work, achieve more success and live a better life by working less.

Here’s How.

Your Best Ideas Will Not Come to You at Work

“Your best work will generally happen while you’re away from work. As research has shown, only 16% of creative ideas happen while you’re sitting at work. Most will happen while you’re relaxing, commuting, traveling, spending time present with loved ones, etc.” -Benjamin P. Hardy

These days we are constantly hearing quotes like, “You don’t wait for inspiration; you command it to appear.” Or “Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.”

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Reece Robertson
The Startup

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