The Energy Project | Tony Schwartz | Talks at Google
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it in discussions of shorter workweeks and productivity, arguing that rest and energy matter more than hours.
What it is
Tony Schwartz of The Energy Project speaks at Google about managing energy rather than time. He draws on The Power of Full Engagement and his work on stamina and sustained performance.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 4 different months, 2010 to 2016.
What Hacker News said
Recommends forgottenpaswrd · 2010-06 · on “Ask HN: Why do I always waste time on the weekends?”
Oh man, don't you know that you need to rest and relax for making something productive? Read Tony Schwartz and see this video: [this video] The human body is not a machine, you know... About the thing: "you want to be rich" Man, this is ethereal, an entelechy by itself, you can't motivate yourself with an entelechy. Your subconscious mind needs real, fixed things or goals, you know "not to be rich" but "4000", 5000, 6000, 1000eur/month rich, or getting a million, or two, whatever. You don't want to be rich, you want certain things money can give you, write it down in a paper what they are(as fixed specific goals). You will start realizing that you could get them without "being rich". You want so
Recommends nobbyclark · 2014-06 · on “Sweden’s proposed six-hour workday”
As we move from the Industrial Age to the Information Age, it becomes more about managing our energy as individuals, not how many hours we're putting on the clock Tony Schwarz's "Leading at Google" talk on this topic is excellent - [this video]
Recommends harryf · 2015-04 · on “Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks”
In my experience people who work long hours are often too tired to be objective about the quality of the work they are delivering or their own efficiency . It's worth watching this talk from the Leading @ Google series - [this video] The short version is, despite the information-age, we still think about this stuff in an industrial-age terms; that productivity is directly proportional to time spent. In fact it's highly non-linear for most forms of information-age value creating activitie.
Recommends harryf · 2016-01 · on “Working fewer hours would make us more productive”
Interesting somewhat related talk from Tony Schwarz in the Leading @ Google series - [this video] "Demand is relentlessly rising. Our capacity is not keeping pace. The traditional solution to higher demand has been to invest more time. Unfortunately, time is finite, and most of us have no hours left to invest. Energy, however, can be systematically expanded --- and it can also be regularly renewed. To operate at our best, we need four energy sources: physical (quantity), emotional (quality), mental (focus), and the energy of the human spirit (purpose). This talk will focus on the role of energy in fueling sustainable high performance, and in motivating others." ...which relates to the work he doe