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# Five Points newsletter (#32)
- URL: https://www.peterkos.org/five-points-newsletter-32/
- Published: 2021-06-16T04:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-22T16:31:29.000Z
- Description: WFH by not working from home; 15 years of skipping work; Better Meetings; Burning Money; and Sitting is the new smoking.
- Author: Peter Kos
- Tags: newsletter

[**Title Photo**](https://www.instagram.com/p/CQDWrGAp-rP/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fweb%5Fcopy%5Flink)**:** Seville, Spain. Shot during the golden hour before an early morning run in June 2018\. 

😤 Where are [the book chapters](https://www.peterkos.org/challengeaccepted-book-outline/)?! I am falling behind the early schedule, and I did add some extra research steps — interviewing (mostly) European managers and leaders to collect real-world inputs. Talking to others is [a way of delegating](https://www.peterkos.org/chapter-6-delegate-delegate-delegate/) the whole content-production process, and it might take the book in another direction. But I'll let the writing flow freely, take me the way it wants to take me— #CreativeFreedom. 

### This week's #FivePoints:

- 💼 Great piece on [What if remote work didn't mean working from home](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/remote-work-not-from-home?ref=peterkos.org)? I rented a tiny office during last year's pandemic WFH era. It was €200/month, and no, the Company didn't reimburse me for it, nor have I asked for it — I consider this a personal investment for improving my productivity. And not buying new suits, shirts, cravats, or shoes meant I still saved money. And the mental clarity and productivity improvements from having a separate working environment are tremendous. Try it yourself.
- 🤦 And while some people feel they're slacking off if they're not on Zoom calls all day, there is this [Italian guy who skipped work for 15 years without anyone noticing and got paid half a million euros](https://dailyamazingthings.com/2021/05/31/italian-man-skipped-work-for-over-15-years-without-anyone-noticing-and-got-paid-half-a-million-euros/?ref=peterkos.org).
- 🧰 Speaking of Zoom, here's a list of [Wonder Tools to Run Better Meetings](https://wondertools.substack.com/p/meetings).
- 🕶 [ProfG on burning money](https://www.profgalloway.com/mework/?ref=peterkos.org). I like his style and would love to one day sit at his lecture.
- 🪑 None of us office rats want to hear this, but sitting really is the new smoking. [Why sitting down destroys you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJLx4Du3vU&ref=peterkos.org).

Stay Hungry; Stay Foolish.   
Peter K.