Good things take time
Reframing expectations about how long it takes to do good work
Good things take time
So, you want to write something…
2019-07-31
Almost all the writing I’m most proud of was started early in the afternoon and finished at whatever the natural stopping point was, generally between 6 PM and 2 AM.
Patrick Mckenzie (perma)
I have more than 100 text files in my “drafts” folder. Some of them consist only of a few lines; some are hundreds and... See more
2019-07-31
Almost all the writing I’m most proud of was started early in the afternoon and finished at whatever the natural stopping point was, generally between 6 PM and 2 AM.
Patrick Mckenzie (perma)
I have more than 100 text files in my “drafts” folder. Some of them consist only of a few lines; some are hundreds and... See more
Pre work required to even decide which idea to work on
Sociology professor Daniel Chambliss, who spent years researching the qualities of elite swimmers, on what creates excellence: "Excellence is mundane. Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into habit and then are fitted together
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How long does it take to write a post/essay?
How Life Sciences Actually Work: 2 weeks non-stop, so around 100-150 hours of combined thinking and writing
How to make friends over the internet: 12 hours over 2 days
A single Quarterly links post: usually 15 hours over a few days
Doing Good Better post: >100 hours over 6 weeks
Why You Should Start a Blog... See more
How Life Sciences Actually Work: 2 weeks non-stop, so around 100-150 hours of combined thinking and writing
How to make friends over the internet: 12 hours over 2 days
A single Quarterly links post: usually 15 hours over a few days
Doing Good Better post: >100 hours over 6 weeks
Why You Should Start a Blog... See more
Blog posts that have resonated at scale
“How did you accomplish that?”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”