Ep. 162 - Four Day Work Week with Joe Sanok

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Work 4 days a week? What entrepreneur doesn’t want that? Ok, so maybe I can adjust my schedule to do this but wouldn’t my business suffer? These are great questions that this week’s guest Joe Sanok is going to answer.

As a counselor and therapist, he effectively grew and sold his practice incorporating the 4 day work week principle. Now he helps other private practice therapists do the same through his coaching programs and top rated podcast, Practice of the Practice. And you can too.

For more insights into how the average entrepreneur can work just 4 days a week, tune in to this week’s episode. I know I have my notepad and pen ready.

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Questions:

• We’re taught to work hard, grind (hustle), and sacrifice our personal desires to get ahead and make money, you have a little different perspective don’t you?

• How did we get to this point? What is the history of the seven day week and 40 hour work week?

• In the book, you argue that we have been moving toward a four-day week for a while, why? In the book, you discuss ‘Internal Inclinations’, take us through those.

• The neuroscience and case studies in the book point to slowing down unlocking hidden creativity and productivity, why is this and what are some examples?

• You outline Sprint Types™ in the book, will you walk us through how those work?

• In your book, you talk about the research that slowing down actually increases productivity and creativity. How can the entrepreneur do that? That’s not how they are wired.

• How can you eliminate non-productive tasks to free up our time for it’s highest and best use?

Key Takeaways:

• Parkinsons Law- It’s easy to add to your checklist but hard to eliminate one

• If you reduce the amount of time to work, you’ll focus on the most important things first

• Our ego over values work and under values priorities outside of it

• Value your weekend

• How can you remove one things that causes stress?

• To move toward the 4 day work week, run a test, set new KPI’s, edit and improve https://joesanok.com/how-employers-can-experiment-with-the-4-day-workweek/

Joe Sanok is the author of Thursday is the New Friday: How to work fewer hours, make more money, and spend time doing what you want. It examines how the four-day workweek boosts creativity and productivity. Joe has been featured on Forbes, GOOD Magazine, and The Smart Passive Income Podcast. He is the host of the popular The Practice of the Practice Podcast, which is recognized as one of the Top 50 Podcasts worldwide with over 100,000 downloads each month. Bestselling authors, experts, scholars, and business leaders and innovators are featured and interviewed in the 550 plus podcasts he has done over the last six years.

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