The Maker's Playbook

Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier

July 14, 2023 Season 4 Episode 94
Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier
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The Maker's Playbook
Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier
Jul 14, 2023 Season 4 Episode 94

A 4 day work week… it’s the thing of dreams. And, according to many many studies I’ve read about in many books, actually highly linked to better productivity and all sorts of other very business-savvy things that only a fool would say no to. But in all of those books I’ve read, the examples have been from companies that had teams. So it was very easy to tell myself excuse after excuse of why it could clearly work for a team, but not work so well for us solo-preneurs, or itty bitty businesses trying to do the work of 10 people while only being one person . That is, until I saw a post by Julie Cloutier on Instagram, where she was celebrating her one year anniversary of a 4 day work week...

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Guest Resources:
Julie's  Instagram - @jgcloutier
Website - www.cloutierceramics.com
Substack - https://clayfulness.substack.com/

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A 4 day work week… it’s the thing of dreams. And, according to many many studies I’ve read about in many books, actually highly linked to better productivity and all sorts of other very business-savvy things that only a fool would say no to. But in all of those books I’ve read, the examples have been from companies that had teams. So it was very easy to tell myself excuse after excuse of why it could clearly work for a team, but not work so well for us solo-preneurs, or itty bitty businesses trying to do the work of 10 people while only being one person . That is, until I saw a post by Julie Cloutier on Instagram, where she was celebrating her one year anniversary of a 4 day work week...

If you are enjoying The Maker’s Playbook podcast, would you consider clicking on over inside of whatever podcast app you are using to leave us a rating and review? Doing so will help spread the word we exist and allow more makers to enjoy these stories as well!

Guest Resources:
Julie's  Instagram - @jgcloutier
Website - www.cloutierceramics.com
Substack - https://clayfulness.substack.com/

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Follow The Maker's Playbook on Instagram @themakersplaybook

Have questions about the show or want to say Hi? Email us at: podcast (at) makers-playbook (dot) com

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