The Dumbest and Best Productivity Trick
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The Dumbest and Best Productivity Trick
Writing novels is hard, and requires vast, unbroken slabs of time. Four quiet hours is a resource that I can put to good use. Two slabs of time, each two hours long, might add up to the same four hours, but are not nearly as productive as an unbroken four. If I know that I am going to be interrupted, I can’t concentrate, and if I suspect that I mig... See more
Neal Stephenson • Neal Stephenson - Why I Am a Bad Correspondent
Two very simple rules, a: you don’t have to write. b: you can’t do anything else. The rest comes of itself.
Mason Currey • The dumbest and best productivity trick
I don’t work after five thirty p.m. I call this commitment fixed-schedule productivity, as I fix the firm goal of not working past a certain time, then work backward to find productivity strategies that allow me to satisfy this declaration.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Even creative work needs scheduling. The greatest writers and artists didn’t wait for inspiration. They kept a strict daily schedule for creating their art. A routine triggers inspiration because your mind and body learn that ideas emerge at that time. The world’s greatest achievements were squeezed into existence by deadlines.