How spending less time on the job can make you a better worker

Picture a beach house perched on a dune overlooking the surf.  The house is built on stilts.  Now, start taking away the stilts one by one.  With the removal of each stilt, the house becomes a little more unbalanced.  Soon there are just two stilts, then just one. The next big wave that comes along topples that beautiful house to the sand.

Your life is like that beach house. It has multiple important pillars, like the stilts that provide support. There are the pillars that likely get most of your time and attention. You have…