The Five-Hour Workday Quotes

“through our campsite, or the time when we were literally being chased by Indians with knives. It was always an adventure. The adventures that my father introduced me to were so epic that I often wonder if they really happened, or whether I dreamt them up. Luckily, my brothers can confirm the stories, and help me to remember how much my father influenced me toward both entrepreneurship and adventure.”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“change in 2015 that transformed my business and my life. As a result of that change, my employees and I began to enjoy our lives in a way we never imagined possible, and we also became incredibly productive in the office.”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“But when you define yourself by your interests, your travels, and your communities, then you’re working to live. The point of work becomes to make enough money to live a good life, a life with presence and time. Work exists to enable that life.”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“But probably the next move will be in the direction of shortening the day rather than the week.”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“Pre-Industrial Europe: Where Enlightenment Died In the sixteenth century there was a religious and political upheaval in Europe. As part of the chaos of that time, the religious and political forces began to impose their agenda into every aspect of human life, especially”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“I believe that the closer you can get to a class-free society, the closer you’re going to get to defining yourself by the things that actually drive happiness. When”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness

“The problem is that it really wasn’t their plan. It was someone else’s plan for them, or an unwritten societal plan that everyone was supposed to follow.”
― Stephan Aarstol, The Five-Hour Workday: Live Differently, Unlock Productivity, and Find Happiness