http://lazyway.blogs.com/

“Hard work is passé. The paradigm-shifting concept is smart laziness.”
According to Fred Gratzon, success means cleverly avoiding work but still getting the job done. He should know. Gratzon’s claims never to have held a job for more than two months, and is one of only five people in the entire history of the US government to have been sacked from a civil-service job. Nevertheless, he founded several highly successful companies (ice cream and telecommunications) using ‘The Lazy Way to Success’ formula. This intriguing blog features tongue-in-cheek essays on laziness, business and self-employment, the sum of which is Gratzon’s maxim that the concept of hard work is a fraud. Or put another way: by doing less, one can accomplish more. Hard work, says Gratzon, has nothing to do with success; efficiency is the key to a rewarding life. “The time has come to reject work and enjoy greater health, peace, and prosperity,” says Gratzon. To which we can only add: Amen.

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Chief editor: Steven Crane
May 2006 issue