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Don’t design your day from scratch. Adopt a schedule that already works, then make it yours.
Don’t design your day from scratch. Adopt a schedule that already works, then make it yours.
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Finish your deep work by 5:30 PM and keep the evening. Cal Newport plans every minute of his workday, after a morning run and 25 pull-ups.
Give your first 4 hours to family, exercise and thinking. Spotify's Daniel Ek wakes at 6:30 AM and doesn't start work until 10:30 AM.
Do great work in 40 hours a week and still sleep in. David Heinemeier Hansson wakes without an alarm at 8:30 AM and starts work at 11:00 AM.
Have dinner with your family and still get quiet hours for hard problems. Demis Hassabis starts a second workday at 10:00 PM and peaks around 1:00 AM.
Keep your life orderly so your work can be bold. Gustave Flaubert's routine was as regular as a clock and gave ten long hours a day to the page.