What do highly effective people do on the weekend? (Hint: it doesn’t involve checking email a thousand times.)
The Huffington Post reports:
More and more Americans are working through their weekends. According to a 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, more than one-third of U.S. employees log time on the weekends, putting in an average of five and a half hours, and a whopping 81 percent of respondents in a recent GFI Software survey said they check their email on Saturdays and Sundays. But enjoying those precious two days off can actually make you more effective throughout the workweek.
“There are 60 hours between that 6 p.m. Friday beer and that 6 a.m. Monday alarm clock,” Laura Vanderkam, author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, writes in a Fast Company blog. “That’s plenty of time for fun, relaxation and more importantly, recharging the batteries. In our competitive world, successful people know that great weekends are the secret to workday success. You want weekends that leave you refreshed, not exhausted or disappointed.”
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