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The Hard Break: The Case for the 24/6 Lifestyle
What if the real secret to
greater productivity, happiness
and success is a habit that is thousands of years old?
Productivity has become an international obsession. We celebrate a work culture where people boast of long working hours, their extreme schedules and how little they sleep. A constant stream of emails, texts, tweets and more keeps us connected every minute and we rarely put our phones down. Every moment needs to be maximized and no time can be wasted.
And yet most of us also feel something is wrong. All of these attempts at optimizing business and life aren’t really making us happier. Ironically, it might not be mak-ing us all that productive either. In this groundbreaking book, noted entrepreneur and money manager Aaron Edelheit breaks down the myths around productivity and offers a startlingly simple the Sabbath.
Through his personal journey of discovering the joy of taking a “hard break” of one day a week to reset, Edelheit profiles not only his own life transformation, but how this same practice has been changing the lives of well known entrepreneurs, celebrities and politicians alike.
For anyone who has ever struggled to find a good balance between life and work, this book offers an essential roadmap for how to make the right choices, attain more success, put life back into perspective and gain more happiness all by taking a hard break for yourself.
greater productivity, happiness
and success is a habit that is thousands of years old?
Productivity has become an international obsession. We celebrate a work culture where people boast of long working hours, their extreme schedules and how little they sleep. A constant stream of emails, texts, tweets and more keeps us connected every minute and we rarely put our phones down. Every moment needs to be maximized and no time can be wasted.
And yet most of us also feel something is wrong. All of these attempts at optimizing business and life aren’t really making us happier. Ironically, it might not be mak-ing us all that productive either. In this groundbreaking book, noted entrepreneur and money manager Aaron Edelheit breaks down the myths around productivity and offers a startlingly simple the Sabbath.
Through his personal journey of discovering the joy of taking a “hard break” of one day a week to reset, Edelheit profiles not only his own life transformation, but how this same practice has been changing the lives of well known entrepreneurs, celebrities and politicians alike.
For anyone who has ever struggled to find a good balance between life and work, this book offers an essential roadmap for how to make the right choices, attain more success, put life back into perspective and gain more happiness all by taking a hard break for yourself.
237 pages, Hardcover
Published May 28, 2018
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June 7, 2021
A well-presented case for a 6-day work week
The book was an easy read, full of research and stories of those who have implemented this approach to back up the author’s premise. The majority of the book is spent building the case for a 24/6 approach, with only the last few chapters addressing some practical ways to try to implement it.
All in all it was an interesting look at a secular approach to the concept of a Sabbath, but I see the value in implementing a hard break in vocational ministry. The book made me think through my approach to the constant on-call aspect of vocational ministry and, as a result, I will be considering how best to approach the “day off” in my ministry work.
The book was an easy read, full of research and stories of those who have implemented this approach to back up the author’s premise. The majority of the book is spent building the case for a 24/6 approach, with only the last few chapters addressing some practical ways to try to implement it.
All in all it was an interesting look at a secular approach to the concept of a Sabbath, but I see the value in implementing a hard break in vocational ministry. The book made me think through my approach to the constant on-call aspect of vocational ministry and, as a result, I will be considering how best to approach the “day off” in my ministry work.
August 12, 2018
(3.5 stars) This book makes the case for you to take a disconnect from work/digital for 24 hours every week. I’m not a stranger to taking 24/48 hour breaks offline, I do one a couple of times a year when I start to feel a little burnt out, I normally come back from them feeling refreshed and raring to go back to work. However, the author argues that we should be doing this practice every single week. He makes very compelling arguments and I am now going to try and do this way more often. (In fact I did one immediately after finishing this book Saturday afternoon)
Although I feel the topic important and the points well made, the examples got very repetitive and the fact that this book could have had the same impact on me if it had been written more concisely as a long-read article, I’m only giving it three (and a half) stars.
Although I feel the topic important and the points well made, the examples got very repetitive and the fact that this book could have had the same impact on me if it had been written more concisely as a long-read article, I’m only giving it three (and a half) stars.
December 7, 2022
It was suggested to a few people I met with to read Edelheit's book. We were having a conversation regarding the idea of rest and rhythm. As an entrepreneur who is also Jewish, I was intrigued with what Edelheit might say.
The book is just two hundred pages and is an easy read. I found the examples given to be the most helpful. The author scatters his own story - both success and failures - throughout the book. He also uses several other entrepreneurs and their stories to make various points. At the end of the book, Edelheit provides a workbook that offers reflection and review for the reader.
I would suggest that anyone who is thinking of a Sabbath lifestyle, healthy rhythms, or what it means to trust a process to read the book. I enjoyed it and will pass it on to others.
The book is just two hundred pages and is an easy read. I found the examples given to be the most helpful. The author scatters his own story - both success and failures - throughout the book. He also uses several other entrepreneurs and their stories to make various points. At the end of the book, Edelheit provides a workbook that offers reflection and review for the reader.
I would suggest that anyone who is thinking of a Sabbath lifestyle, healthy rhythms, or what it means to trust a process to read the book. I enjoyed it and will pass it on to others.
August 23, 2020
A really good book! This book enforced themes from other books like Nicholas Carr’s “The Shallows” or evening Jim Kwik’s “Limitless” about the terrible effects of distractedness and the need for a regular digital detox. A must read!
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