[paulgb]

> I keep in contact with many small business owners in construction and repair, and almost everyone now thinks that its better to get less work and just charge more.

I don’t see what MBAs have to do with that, it’s a tale as old as time: given the choice to have the same pay and more leisure time, most people will take more leisure time. The exceptions are probably mostly people doing intellectual labor, not physical labor like pouring driveways.