Can Working Less Pay Dividends?

Evan Bottorff / ebottorff@bellarmine.edu / Faculty Advisor: Michael Ackerman

Imagine working as little as you can, as fast as you can, and still being at the top of the world. Many professional tennis players do this every day and achieve a living most people dream about obtaining. Professional tennis players spend their life working on technique and strength to perform at the highest level. Their job is to win every point as fast as they can while exerting as little effort as possible. The question is, “Is this a winning strategy?” Can math demonstrate that this is a good game plan? In this paper, we dive deeper into the highest level of tennis and see if there is evidence to demonstrate that working less than your competitors can pay dividends.