The three-or-four-hours rule for getting creative work done
The Sleep-Creativity Cycle: Why Sleep Is the Secret Ally of Creative Minds
Anne-Laure Le Cunffnesslabs.comI quickly learned that it was easier for me to focus on work in the hours before lunch, so when I found myself struggling with a not-so-hard task late in the day, I’d give myself permission to quit and pick it up again in the morning. Almost every time, I’d breeze through and finish in a fraction of the time it would’ve taken me the previous night.
... See moreJake Knapp & John Zeratsky • Make Time
the most productive and successful among them generally made writing a smaller part of their daily routine than the others, so that it was much more feasible to keep going with it day after day. They cultivated the patience to tolerate the fact that they probably wouldn’t be producing very much on any individual day, with the result that they produ
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
Measuring the quality of time is not an exact science, but a key indicator is impact. How often have you sat at your desk all day, yet felt like you accomplished very little? Conversely, sometimes you sit down for a few hours and crank out a few days’ worth of work. It has little to do with the amount of time you had; it’s about how much attention
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