> Scientists who spent 25 hours in the workplace were no more productive than those who spent five.
Anecdotally this is a concept I've run into in many areas of life, the most overt one being school, I suppose because it's so easily quantified.
You can do a moderately acceptable amount of work on any given assignment and get a C+, work hard for a B/A or work your hands to the bone for an A+, but at the end of the day all three students graduate.
At a certain point you get diminishing returns for working harder. On the flip side being able to be productive for those few hours consistently without burning out nets you long term growth.
Anecdotally this is a concept I've run into in many areas of life, the most overt one being school, I suppose because it's so easily quantified.
You can do a moderately acceptable amount of work on any given assignment and get a C+, work hard for a B/A or work your hands to the bone for an A+, but at the end of the day all three students graduate.
At a certain point you get diminishing returns for working harder. On the flip side being able to be productive for those few hours consistently without burning out nets you long term growth.