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> Most successful people have a schedule planning out their days Successful at what exactly? Enjoying life, earning money or something else?

maggiedean 10y ago
I assume success at whatever it is they are seeking to accomplish! Even "enjoying life" can benefit from some time management I should think. :)
ak39 10y ago
Really there's only one definition of success: Getting shit you want done.
- coldtea 10y ago
  Well, lots of succesful artists get "shit they want done", in that they leave a great body of work/legacy, and yet their days are nothing like micro-managed...
  - squirrelgod 10y ago
    I feel like a lot of successful artists though spend their whole days on art, so in terms of a schedule every slot of their time table is filled with doing exactly that.
  - TeMPOraL 10y ago
    Not sure what kind of artist you're talking about - the stereotypical starving one, or the modern successful media personalities? In the latter case, I'm sure their time is micromanaged to the minute by a whole staff of professionals. In the former, well... if I had courage to just blow off errands and people and commitments to spend all time on my own projects, I guess I could be as productive too.
    - coldtea 10y ago
      >Not sure what kind of artist you're talking about - the stereotypical starving one, or the modern successful media personalities? I don't consider the "modern successful media personalities" artists. So, yeah, the stereotypical starving ones (or not so starving, some of them went millionaires in their lifetimes and still led a blurry / non "optimized" life).
      - cholantesh 10y ago
        >I don't consider the "modern successful media personalities" artists. Why not? What they make still qualifies as art.
  - hackermailman 10y ago
    Mason Currey's book is full of examples of artists that micro managed their time like Mozart and Kafka's strict schedules https://podio.com/site/creative-routines https://podio.com/site/creative-routines
    - coldtea 10y ago
      That's because his book was all about "routines". That's selection bias right there. If you read random artist biographies you're rarely gonna find the same emphasis on routines.
    - CuriouslyC 10y ago
      In science, major breakthroughs don't usually come from strained application of rational thinking, they come from spontaneous intuitive leaps. These leaps occur more readily when the mind is in a relaxed state free from worry and distractions, where you can just let your thoughts wander.
      - hilop 10y ago
        And that relaxed state comes from externalizing your process into structure and routine, so your mind can focus on high thinking and not juggling all your cluttered concerns
- tluyben2 10y ago
  Exactly and I for one do no need time management for that, so it is a personal preference.
Shivetya 10y ago
if you get done what you need to do you should be default have more time to enjoy life simply because you know your life is in order. frankly how can it be worse than wondering if something will get done or you forgot? build your life around a routine with built in you time (you/family/pets/etc) and stick to it. it will become natural and you will have more peace in your life.

maggiedean 10y ago

I assume success at whatever it is they are seeking to accomplish! Even "enjoying life" can benefit from some time management I should think. :)

ak39 10y ago

Really there's only one definition of success: Getting shit you want done.

coldtea 10y ago
Well, lots of succesful artists get "shit they want done", in that they leave a great body of work/legacy, and yet their days are nothing like micro-managed...
- squirrelgod 10y ago
  I feel like a lot of successful artists though spend their whole days on art, so in terms of a schedule every slot of their time table is filled with doing exactly that.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Not sure what kind of artist you're talking about - the stereotypical starving one, or the modern successful media personalities? In the latter case, I'm sure their time is micromanaged to the minute by a whole staff of professionals. In the former, well... if I had courage to just blow off errands and people and commitments to spend all time on my own projects, I guess I could be as productive too.
  - coldtea 10y ago
    >Not sure what kind of artist you're talking about - the stereotypical starving one, or the modern successful media personalities? I don't consider the "modern successful media personalities" artists. So, yeah, the stereotypical starving ones (or not so starving, some of them went millionaires in their lifetimes and still led a blurry / non "optimized" life).
    - cholantesh 10y ago
      >I don't consider the "modern successful media personalities" artists. Why not? What they make still qualifies as art.
- hackermailman 10y ago
  Mason Currey's book is full of examples of artists that micro managed their time like Mozart and Kafka's strict schedules https://podio.com/site/creative-routines https://podio.com/site/creative-routines
  - coldtea 10y ago
    That's because his book was all about "routines". That's selection bias right there. If you read random artist biographies you're rarely gonna find the same emphasis on routines.
  - CuriouslyC 10y ago
    In science, major breakthroughs don't usually come from strained application of rational thinking, they come from spontaneous intuitive leaps. These leaps occur more readily when the mind is in a relaxed state free from worry and distractions, where you can just let your thoughts wander.
    - hilop 10y ago
      And that relaxed state comes from externalizing your process into structure and routine, so your mind can focus on high thinking and not juggling all your cluttered concerns
tluyben2 10y ago
Exactly and I for one do no need time management for that, so it is a personal preference.

Shivetya 10y ago

if you get done what you need to do you should be default have more time to enjoy life simply because you know your life is in order. frankly how can it be worse than wondering if something will get done or you forgot? build your life around a routine with built in you time (you/family/pets/etc) and stick to it. it will become natural and you will have more peace in your life.