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4.6 • 782 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Is the pandemic making you rethink your commute? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Ashley Whillans, a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of the new book Time Smart. They talk through what to do when you want to work remotely but your company is against it, you’re considering a new job closer to home, or you’ve been offered a job that’s a great fit but comes with a longer commute.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear HBR from Harvard Business Review.
0:03.9	I'm Dan McGinn.
0:04.9	And I'm Alison Beard.
0:12.3	Work can be frustrating, but it doesn't have to be.
0:15.3	We don't need to let the conflicts get us down.
0:17.8	That's where Dear HBR comes in.
0:19.9	We take your questions, look at the research,
0:22.5	talk to the experts, and help you move forward.
0:32.3	Today we're answering your questions about commutes with Ashley Willens. She's a professor
0:36.9	at Harvard Business
0:37.6	School and the author of the new book, Time Smart, How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier
0:42.3	Life. Ashley, thanks so much for coming on the show. Yeah, thanks for having me today.
0:47.0	So what did people get wrong about commuting? I think they forget to add up all the commuting
0:53.1	time across their days, weeks, months, years, and lives.
0:57.0	It costs us a lot of time.
0:58.7	We have a 75-minute commute each way, depending on how you look at it.
1:02.8	It's years of your life lost.
1:04.8	And obviously, COVID-19 and the office closures have disrupted commutes for a lot of people.
1:11.7	Are people rethinking that time spend now?
1:16.2	I think people as offices start to slowly reopen are not looking forward to the commute
1:21.4	and are more sensitive about the losses of free time.
1:24.9	But we've actually been trying to encourage people to include a commute,
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