No Quitting Time = Wasted Time — Set a Deadline and Go Home
In this video, Dr. Justin Baeder argues that without a clear quitting time, educators waste time on low-priority tasks and burn out faster.
Key Takeaways
- Deadlines create focus - When you know you're leaving at 5, you prioritize ruthlessly
- Open-ended days breed inefficiency - Without a stopping point, tasks expand to fill all available time
- Going home is productive - Rest and recovery make tomorrow's work better than another hour of diminishing returns
Transcript
Go home.
Number one productivity hack I have for school leaders is set a quitting time and stick to it.
If you don't give yourself a quitting time, you'll just work and work and work and you'll be a lot less efficient.
It's called Parkinson's law.
So give yourself a quitting time for the day.
Stick to it.
Go home.
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