A conversational piece where Matan Hazanov and a speaker discuss how observing the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat) can paradoxically enhance business productivity. They note that many highly successful businesspeople observe Shabbat, and argue that stepping back one day a week allows mental rest, reframing on mission, and greater effectiveness during the workweek (echoing Stephen Covey’s concept of "sharpening the saw").
One of the things that surprised me when I started to get more involved in the. In the Jewish. Jewish scene is that there's plenty of, like, very successful business people, billionaires, multi billionaires, that keep Shabbat. My first thought was, like, okay, come on, man, like, check your emails, check your whatever. Because how do you step back for one day a week and have no access to any of these things? And it was very shocking because they did it and they're very successful. And it was a bit of a learning experience that, like, you know, at some point, if you. If you take that time off the table, you become more productive throughout the rest of the week. Not just practically speaking, but, you know, you take a break, you kind of let your mind think more about the more important things. It's like even in a business, you have to take a step back and focus on the mission once in a while so that you can go and implement that.
Sure. And look, working on the business or working in the business.
Right, Right.
Those are two different modalities of development. Right. Also, Dale, and also Stephen Covey calls it sharpening the saw.
Right.
You have to take time to sharpen your saw, which. That's the metaphor for him, which is taking time for thoughtful reflection. He didn't say keep Shabbos, but as a Torah, observant Jew, you know, using Shabbos wisely sharpens your saw. You're able to reflect, allow yourself time to breathe, allow yourself time to go over the weekly happenings.
