Chetan Bhagat says 4 focused work hours a day can be enough
Author Chetan Bhagat suggests that employees can achieve sufficient productivity by focusing on four hours of dedicated work daily. He argues that time spent on meetings and administrative interruptions should be excluded from this target to improve overall efficiency.
Why it matters
This perspective challenges traditional corporate 'desk time' culture and offers a potential framework for productivity in an era increasingly influenced by AI and remote work.
For many employees, the workday is measured by the time spent in the office. Popular author Chetan Bhagat has suggested looking at it differently. It is not by counting every hour at the desk, but by asking how much genuinely focused work gets done. Speaking at the 18th Project Management South Asia Conference (PMSAC26) in Bengaluru recently, the writer said four hours of dedicated work can be enough. “I work 4 hours a day and that is enough if you do it with full dedication,” Bhagat said at the event. He was also clear about what he meant by a four-hour workday. The four hours, according to Bhagat, should refer to actual work and not the time employees spend dealing with meetings, breaks, technical problems or other interruptions.
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