{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Business Strategy for CPA's","title":"226 Why We Work Too Much","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1126,"description":"*Want one piece of business strategy delivered daily to your inbox?*\nSubscribe here: geraldinecarter.com/subscribe\nFalling into the trap of working too much is a common place to land. But working too much doesn’t have to be a thing, even though it’s become normal in our society. The good news: working too much is imminently solvable. Get the solution to 15 reasons you might be overworking and what to do about it. \nI use the term overworking to simply mean “working more hours than you want.”\nThat might mean working 55 hours when you want to work 40 hours. \nThat might mean working 35 hours when you only want to work 25 hours. \nAnd it also doesn’t mean that working 50 hours a week is necessarily overworking. If you want to work 50 hours a week, you might not be overworking. \n \n15 reasons you might work more hours than you want to:\n Too many clients\nToo many underpriced clients\nToo many types of clients\nStuck in hourly pricing in all its forms\nSystems stuck in your head, nonexistent, incomplete, unreliable, or unfindable.\nStaff: undertrained, underperforming, or both. \nToo much on your calendar: Too many meetings, meetings longer than they need to be; too many programs, groups, networks. \nOverworking begets overworking. Long hours are inefficient and error prone. \nDoing automatable tasks manually, including digital tasks. \nWork is who you are; it’s how you define yourself\nYou don’t know what you’d do with your free time or yourself if you did have time\nIt can be a way to garner sympathy or attention\nYou think you can multitask\nAvoiding home/personal life\nBecause you allow it by rationalizing it 🙂\n \nIt’s good news! Each of these is imminently solvable. You can get on the path to working the hours you want. Start by picking 1 or 2 of the most doable ones to work on, that will have the most impact. \n ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AZFvbY29RNsC20PTchqbqXsFoNMjM1040wmYivreg-g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZmE1/ODU2OWRkNzA4ZDQ2/ODg2YmEwYjYzNmEw/NjkzNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}