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The whole reason I am bringing this up is because I have done 70+ hours of focused work on many occasions. It's a more-than-linear improvement over 40 hours, b
by jblow 9y ago
The whole reason I am bringing this up is because I have done 70+ hours of focused work on many occasions.
It's a more-than-linear improvement over 40 hours, because when pro-rated you have a lower density of context switches, getting-back-up-to-speed, etc, as happen in the morning or when you eat or such.
Maybe too many people have done long-term damage to their attention spans via the internet? I dunno.
At the risk of being mildly provocative ... are any of the people you know, who can't do more than 40 hours of work in a week, world-class in their field? If not, maybe there is a causal link between these two things?
- maxxxxx 9y agoI have done 80 hours week productively from time to time but never for long. In startup I worked at we worked nights and weekends but a lot of it ended up being playing foosball and pool.
- Joeri 9y agoI've done weeks like that myself, for a few weeks at a time. My comment was addressed at people who do 80 hours routinely. I've never met someone world class who was doing that. I have met some world class people, but they kept to a reasonable schedule. I'm sure these 80 hour continuous productivity guru's exist. I'm just saying they are so exceedingly rare to effectively be unicorns.
- maxxxxx 9y agoSupposedly Bill Gates was like this when he was young. But I would compare these people to elite athletes. Most people can train as much as they want but will never reach that level. they may risk injury on the way though.