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some, despite what we know about over-
working, many of us regularly put in 50
hours a week or more. Professionals with
mobile devices clock more than 70.
What’s going on?
Start by looking at those mobile
devices. We love our smartphones, don’t
we? In our pockets we carry a phone,
calendar, multiple inboxes, to-do apps
Y WIFE, GAIL, RECENTLY PUR-
CHASED
a DVD set of “The Jetsons.”
Remember that? The cartoon imagined
what life would be like in the future: robots, flying cars and
other conveniences—like minimal work hours. But it hasn’t
panned out like that, has it?
Believe it or not, since the 1930s economists and others have predicted a future
where workers had loads of free time. And while work hours have gone down for
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
M
DEFEAT THE TERRIBLE TYRANNY
OF TINY TASKS
FIVE SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO GET BACK YOUR TIME—AND YOUR SANITY TOO
BY MICHAEL HYATT
GROW
JUNE 2015 •
PPB
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