What if instead of sitting at your desk for so many hours you exercised and sought inspiration and lived life and rested and then you came back to your desk the next day rested and focused and unblocked and created your best work in less time because you were healthy and happy and because you finished great work in less time you could repeat it all... See more

I greatly appreciated the chance to stress test my productivity system this last six months or so. I learned a few important lessons about myself:

1. I’m imaginative in the less intensive part of the year and I imagine myself doing more than I’m capable of in the intense part of the year.


2. When push came to shove, having a very basic, skeleton plan for

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A friend of mine, who’s one of the most productive people I’ve ever met, was writing a book, and feeling stuck.

He asked about my writing process, and I mentioned that I never write in order. I don’t start with page 1 and proceed directly to page 250. Instead, I wake up in the morning and write whatever section moves me most that day. I like to

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