Can We Really Take Time Out to Achieve More?

I recently attended a talk that have made me sit up and take note of the fact that in order to be more productive, we need to take time out. My critical, over-active mind tells me that this is nonsense - how can spending less time working result in getting more done? Surely if i spend an an extra hour today ticking things off my to do list then i'll have more time tomorrow to work through the next set of tasks and i'll be achieving more in the long run?

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