Our 4-Hour Workweek

Today''s cover story in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times features Tim Ferriss.

After reading Mr. Ferriss's recent best seller, "The 4-Hour Workweek" (Crown), Jason Hoffman, a founder of Joyent, which designs Web-based software for small businesses, urged his employees to cut out the instant-messaging and swear off multitasking. From now on, he told them, severely restrict e-mail use and conduct business the old-fashioned way, by telephone.

"All of a sudden," Mr. Hoffman said of the results, "their evenings are free. All of a sudden Monday doesn't feel so overwhelming."

Pierre Cutler
Our 4-Hour Workweek

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