Greetings Decision maker,
Hybrid employees don’t hate the office – they hate commuting to it, surveys show, since for many commuting takes over an hour per day and costs many thousands of dollars per year. And peer-reviewed studies find clear associations between longer commuting times and worse job satisfaction, increased stress, and poorer mental health.
The large majority of hybrid employee time is spent on individual tasks, such as focused work, asynchronous communication and collaboration, and videoconference meetings, which are most productively done at home. There’s absolutely no need for employees to come to the office for such activities. Still, the office remains a key driver of value for high-impact, lower-duration activities that benefit from face-to-face interactions.
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What's Up With Me
I am relieved to share that my wife’s nose surgery to improve her breathing that she had a month ago was a success. The first week of recovery was really hard for her because she couldn’t breathe through her nose, and only had to breathe through her mouth. That meant she had to eat soft foods that she could swallow quickly, and she couldn't sleep through the night because her mouth was drying out. That’s all in addition to the other post-surgery issues, like pain, nasal drip, and needing to change bandages. Fortunately, after that first week, things went uphill: her nose splints and sutures were removed, which allowed her to start breathing through her nose again. As the swelling started to go down, she noticed that her breathing was better than
it was before the surgery.
Looking back, she says that the surgery was worth it and she’d do it again if she had to, even though that first week was tough and very uncomfortable. In fact, she regrets not doing it earlier. The difficult first week of recovery is a relatively small price to pay for a lifetime of improved breathing. So what might you be avoiding doing now that you might later regret not having done sooner, even if the activity itself might be difficult? We tend to underemphasize the long term - a cognitive bias called hyperbolic discounting. Make sure you’re not falling into this trap.
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Dr. Gleb
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
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