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in the morning and it didn't matter because he could get by on three and a half hours of sleep with no lost effectiveness. And so the number of people who brag that they can get by on three hours of sleep is a lot higher than the number of people who truly can. It's very rare to actually be able to go three and a half, four hours of sleep for years on end. And that's the amount you actually need.
in the morning and it didn't matter because he could get by on three and a half hours of sleep with no lost effectiveness. And so the number of people who brag that they can get by on three hours of sleep is a lot higher than the number of people who truly can. It's very rare to actually be able to go three and a half, four hours of sleep for years on end. And that's the amount you actually need.
There's a lot of people where they do that. And the truth is, is if you do that for years on end, you just you fry your brain and you do fry your brain.
There's a lot of people where they do that. And the truth is, is if you do that for years on end, you just you fry your brain and you do fry your brain.
21 hours they're kind of doing this with this moron this guy's doing on this video kind of you know putting banana peels on his face it's an infamous thing famously you know the Japanese work very long hours but this is a facet of Japanese work culture they're in the office all of the time and they can't escape and it's highly inefficient but they just have to be there all of the time and then they don't sleep enough and
21 hours they're kind of doing this with this moron this guy's doing on this video kind of you know putting banana peels on his face it's an infamous thing famously you know the Japanese work very long hours but this is a facet of Japanese work culture they're in the office all of the time and they can't escape and it's highly inefficient but they just have to be there all of the time and then they don't sleep enough and
China? I'm not sure about China. I know Japan is like this. Korea is probably like this. There's a lot of things like you'll have an office activity and it's just you go to a bar and everyone has to get extremely performatively drunk and they're all completely miserable and don't want to be there. But you cannot leave because it will shame family if you leave.
China? I'm not sure about China. I know Japan is like this. Korea is probably like this. There's a lot of things like you'll have an office activity and it's just you go to a bar and everyone has to get extremely performatively drunk and they're all completely miserable and don't want to be there. But you cannot leave because it will shame family if you leave.
yeah yeah generally uh it's like you say with the whole like you know meme you know the kind of concept of people just like grinding super hard and if again if you really dig into the life habits of people who have been highly effective uh one thing actually is just consistency a famous one i remember reading is emmanuel kant one of the most important uh The categorical imperative.
yeah yeah generally uh it's like you say with the whole like you know meme you know the kind of concept of people just like grinding super hard and if again if you really dig into the life habits of people who have been highly effective uh one thing actually is just consistency a famous one i remember reading is emmanuel kant one of the most important uh The categorical imperative.
Yeah, you know, he wrote very important philosophy texts. And his every single day, he's clearly, you know, probably some type of autist where, you know, wakes up, does the same thing every day, goes on his like two hour constitutional walk. But the actual time he spends writing. The critique of pure reason. The actual time he spends writing is basically, I think it was like four hours a day.
Yeah, you know, he wrote very important philosophy texts. And his every single day, he's clearly, you know, probably some type of autist where, you know, wakes up, does the same thing every day, goes on his like two hour constitutional walk. But the actual time he spends writing. The critique of pure reason. The actual time he spends writing is basically, I think it was like four hours a day.
And I think Stephen King is like that too. Stephen King. In Bangor, Maine. Yeah, he's written an insane number of novels, but and he writes a lot, but he's not writing 16 hours a day. It's that he's able to write like five to six hours a day and he does it every day and he hits his page count every day. And if you're able to write five, he is prolific.
And I think Stephen King is like that too. Stephen King. In Bangor, Maine. Yeah, he's written an insane number of novels, but and he writes a lot, but he's not writing 16 hours a day. It's that he's able to write like five to six hours a day and he does it every day and he hits his page count every day. And if you're able to write five, he is prolific.
If you can write five, but if you can write five pages a day, every single day, you're able to write like two novels a year.
If you can write five, but if you can write five pages a day, every single day, you're able to write like two novels a year.
over 90 publications actually i mean that's just that's a huge probably and yet at the same time again it's if you're able to write four to five pages a day on average and that comes out to over you know several thousand pages a year and tada you're a guy who can write several novels short stories essays all of that just workmanlike several pages a day
over 90 publications actually i mean that's just that's a huge probably and yet at the same time again it's if you're able to write four to five pages a day on average and that comes out to over you know several thousand pages a year and tada you're a guy who can write several novels short stories essays all of that just workmanlike several pages a day
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