The idea that working longer and harder makes you more productive and better is outdated.
It comes from the era when most workers toiled on a factory line. And by putting in more hours they would create more products.
For creative professionals versus manual laborers, you get rewarded—not by the length of time you put in but by the degree of mastery that you put out.
It’s the rare breed of modern worker who gets this truth. And who makes the time to perform super intensely when they create and then recover super deeply when they are off.
This seasonal or cyclical way of running a day and then a week and then a month and then your years is unpopular. And counterintuitive, given the way we’ve been socially programmed to think about productivity.
Yet if you really want to express your genius, lead your field and stay in your sport for the fullness of a career, it’s the best way to operate.
[I explain my entire creative and productive process in my #1 bestseller The Everyday Hero Manifesto; definitely get your copy here].
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