{"id":493,"date":"2017-08-20T18:21:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hpbbnieuws.nl\/?p=493"},"modified":"2017-08-20T18:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T16:21:33","slug":"why-the-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpbbnieuws.nl\/?p=493","title":{"rendered":"Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn\u2019t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-headline ng-binding ng-scope\"><em>Deel van een artikel van Travis Bradberry op Forbes.com, juni 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-headline ng-binding ng-scope\">Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn\u2019t Work<\/h2>\n<p>The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need to let go of this relic and find a new approach.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-hour workday was created during the industrial revolution as an effort to cut down on the number of hours of manual labor that workers were forced to endure on the factory floor. This breakthrough was a more humane approach to work 200\u00a0years ago, yet it possesses little relevance for us today.<\/p>\n<p>Like our ancestors, we\u2019re expected to put in eight-hour days, working in long, continuous blocks of time, with few or no breaks. Heck, most people even work right through their lunch hour!<\/p>\n<p>This antiquated approach to work isn\u2019t helping us; it\u2019s holding us back.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Best Way To Structure Your Day<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"article-0-inread\" class=\"inread ng-isolate-scope inread-active\">\u00a0A study recently conducted by the Draugiem Group used a computer application to track employees\u2019 work habits. Specifically, the application measured how much time people spent on various tasks and compared this to their productivity levels.<\/div>\n<p>In the process of measuring people\u2019s activity, they stumbled upon a fascinating finding: the length of the workday didn\u2019t matter much; what mattered was how people structured their day. In particular, people who were religious about taking short breaks were far more productive than those who worked longer hours.<\/p>\n<p>The ideal work-to-break ratio was 52 minutes of work, followed by 17 minutes of rest. Lees meer in het originele <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/travisbradberry\/2016\/06\/07\/why-the-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work\/#47a007657981\">artikel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Brain Wants An Hour On, 15 Minutes Off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People who have discovered this magic productivity ratio crush their competition because they tap into a fundamental need of the human mind: the brain naturally functions in spurts of high energy (roughly an hour) followed by spurts of low energy (15\u201320 minutes).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lees het complete artikel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/travisbradberry\/2016\/06\/07\/why-the-8-hour-workday-doesnt-work\/#47a007657981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hier<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Deel van een artikel van Travis Bradberry op Forbes.com, juni 2016 Why The 8-Hour Workday Doesn\u2019t Work The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. 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