Rest for Success

By Alex Soojung-Kim Pang suggests that successful innovators need rest and relaxation as much as hours on the job. Pang cites a survey of psychology professors done by Raymond Van Zelst and William Kerr:

Scientists who spent 25 hours in the workplace were no more productive than those who spent five. Scientists working 35 hours a week were half as productive as their 20-hours-a-week colleagues.

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Ten Thousand Experiment Rule?

Michael Simmons suggests that the " ten thousand hour rule " is not applicable to many firms. Simmons offers "attempts" as a more universal predictor of success.

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