I think the key lesson (and this is independent of the above article) is to start emphasizing doing over reading. Ie your day you should be a constant stream o

I think the key lesson (and this is independent of the above article) is to start emphasizing doing over reading. Ie your day you should be a constant stream of action after which you force yourself to read for a bit. My dad was like this when he was working. He hardly ever read during the day. He'd work like crazy through the day and then would catchup on reading in the evening for about 1 hour. He was an officer in the navy and went from plowing the fields as a kid to pay for college to a very high ranking officer. The only "meta" principle that I observed, about him, is that he is fearless in a very strange way. It always seems to me that he doesnt even think about starting to do something. He just does it ... Someday I hope I'll figure out what drives him.