{"id":96387,"date":"2018-09-17T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T01:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=96387"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:28:45","slug":"podcast-441-do-less-work-better-and-achieve-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/finance\/career\/podcast-441-do-less-work-better-and-achieve-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #441: Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you feel like you\u2019re putting your nose to the grindstone and&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">working<\/span>&nbsp;longer and longer hours, but not getting anywhere with your career? My guest today makes the case that if you want to be a top performer and advance in your job, you need to start&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">working<\/span>&nbsp;smarter instead of harder.<\/p>\n<div>His name is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mortenhansen.com\/\">Morten Hansen<\/a> and in his book&nbsp;<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B074ZKB2QT\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B074ZKB2QT&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><span class=\"il\">Great<\/span>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Work<\/span><\/a>,<\/i>&nbsp;he highlights his groundbreaking, exhaustive analysis on top performers and shares his &#8220;7&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">Work<\/span>&nbsp;Smarter Practices\u201d that can maximize your job performance, without necessarily requiring you spend more time at it.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Today on the show, Morten explains why top performers concentrate on fewer things, but obsess more about them, as well as the optimal number of hours to be&nbsp;<span class=\"il\">working<\/span>&nbsp;each week. 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