Career growth
Weeks aimed at getting promoted or changing track: time for the skills that get noticed, visible work, and learning that isn't squeezed out by meetings.
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Andy Grove's Daily Routine
Audit a real day before you fix your calendar. Intel's Andy Grove logged one of his own, from 8:00 AM to 6:15 PM, meeting by meeting.
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Steve Jobs's Daily Routine
Skip the listicles and get the sourced day. Steve Jobs worked from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM when he returned to Apple in 1997, Walter Isaacson reports.
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Brian Armstrong's Daily Routine
Build a side project without quitting your job. Brian Armstrong worked a day job until 7:00 PM, then built Coinbase from 8:00 PM to midnight.
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Sigmund Freud's Daily Routine
Fit serious writing around a full day job. Sigmund Freud saw patients morning and evening, took a fast walk after lunch and wrote until 1:00 AM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Daily Routine
Fit your own work around a paid job at both ends of the day. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart taught from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM and composed until 1:00 AM.
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