Can Burlap Underwear Really Enhance Your Productivity?

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My wife made an odd comment last night. When she wears comfortable clothes she’s less productive. Comfort promotes laziness, the logic goes. Intrigued by this, I proposed an idea. I offered to buy her a pair of burlap underwear and sandpaper socks and then measure the resultant productivity.

We had a good laugh, but we both agreed that such discomfort would be…