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I doubt this was her practiced schedule. More of like an sketch for her envisioned perfect day. Do you really believe people practice such schedules?

by siva7 5y ago

adventured 5y ago
She seems to be sociopathic, it wouldn't be very surprising if she practiced variations of a schedule like this with the intent of molding herself into an image/fantasy of success, as she was appraently trying to do with quasi copying Jobs. It is certainly unlikely she was able to rigidly maintain a daily schedule like that.
- fragmede 5y ago
  Executives, whether they're sociopaths or not, don't have to hold that schedule all on their own. They have executive assistants and personal assistants (not always different people) to help them with that. I dunno, if I had someone who's job it was to help keep me on that schedule, I think I'd have better luck than the plebes do, don't you?
  - handrous 5y ago
    Not having to do any of your own: housekeeping/cooking/laundry; child-running-around (if you have kids); maintenance on anything including even scheduling work to be done; driving; schedule-keeping; filtering (turning down calls and such from people you have no intention of talking to—your assistant does that for you); shopping (even for stuff you want, but don't need—"assistant; I'd like an X by next week, please find me a good one") et c., really would free up a lot of time & energy.
    - FireBeyond 5y ago
      Very true. There's a meme I see every so often. "Work out for an hour a day. It's 4% of your day. What's your excuse?" Uhh, well, other than the fact that it's closer to 25% of my _available_ day (8h sleep, 8h work, 1h commute, 1h preparation, 1h meals), you mean?
  - cbsmith 5y ago
    You also might want to write it down for them, so there'd be no confusion between you.
- sky_rw 5y ago
  Daily affirmations and goals like this are part of nearly every self help system on the market. This is straight out of a Tony Robbins style life success guide.
winter_squirrel 5y ago
Is it really that hard to believe someone would do it somewhat regularly? I certainly don't do it every day, but more often then not I'll do the same kind of things in the morning (wake up around 4 - 4:30am, meditate, exercise, shower / clean, ...). It's just basic habits The part after the schedule is weird for sure, but the schedule itself sounds fine.
- echlebek 5y ago
  Maybe it sounds fine to you, but to me, a night owl, it sounds absolutely insane. I would go insane if I had to do this and I don't know if I would ever recover.
  - cbsmith 5y ago
    Meh, it's a night owl schedule from a different time zone.
  - Freeboots 5y ago
    different folks. They say Obama is a night owl, I doubt he was waking up at 4am, but i dont doubt he had a schedule none the less.
  - VHRanger 5y ago
    It *is* insane to wake up at 4am if you go to bed anytime after 10PM. I know some people will swear before god that they can function on little sleep, but the fact is that your decision making and judgement is seriously hampered by maintaining a long term sleep deficit.
    - winter_squirrel 5y ago
      I agree, way to many "self improvement" people will try to wake up early without defining a rigid deadline to go to sleep by. If so, it ends up being unsustainable. I've found that I naturally get very tired by 8:30-9pm and so it works well for my schedule (and then even if I go to bed later, theirs so much leeway between 4am and the time I actually need to start working (7-8am) that I can afford to not put an alarm and always just let my body get it's natural amount of sleep even if it means getting up closer to 5 or 6 once in a while).
kyleblarson 5y ago
Jocko Willink posts a picture of his watch during his workout every morning, usually in the 4:20 to 4:30 range.
- hogFeast 5y ago
  A psychologist would have a field day with that.
  - mod 5y ago
    Can you elaborate? I have no idea why a psychologist would care.
    - hogFeast 5y ago
      I would consider why someone is doing something. Try to put yourself in their shoes. Would you post what time you worked out everyday? Would you post how many hours you worked today? Would you post how many calories you ate today? There is a reason why this isn't a common way for people to use the internet.
    - joeman1000 5y ago
      Constant need for validation and attention, for one thing.
      - nradov 5y ago
        It's a marketing thing, like a lot of social media content. He's just trying to build a personal brand to promote his consulting business and clothing line. Nothing wrong with that.
  - nanoservices 5y ago
    This is BS. I do this daily, and it has nothing to do with validation. I don't post it online but I do send a snap. Its a system that a friend and I have in place, it keeps up accountable to go get some sort of workout in every morning. I can see someone doing this and posting it online to keep themselves accountable.
et-al 5y ago
https://thecooperreview.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-junior-goldman-stearns-exec-in-training/ https://thecooperreview.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-junior-go... Which was a parody of: https://www.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-executive-melania-edwards-2018-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-ex...
woodruffw 5y ago
I know of a handful of people who practice(d) regimented schedules like this. I also know a few people for habitually draw up schedules and then fail to follow them. Benjamin Franklin's schedule (from his autobiography) is a famous and probably factual example[1]. [1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/picture-of-the-day-benjamin-franklins-daily-schedule/237615/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/picture...

I doubt this was her practiced schedule. More of like an sketch for her envisioned perfect day. Do you really believe people practice such schedules?

by siva7 5y ago

I doubt this was her practiced schedule. More of like an sketch for her envisioned perfect day. Do you really believe people practice such schedules?

adventured 5y ago

She seems to be sociopathic, it wouldn't be very surprising if she practiced variations of a schedule like this with the intent of molding herself into an image/fantasy of success, as she was appraently trying to do with quasi copying Jobs. It is certainly unlikely she was able to rigidly maintain a daily schedule like that.

fragmede 5y ago
Executives, whether they're sociopaths or not, don't have to hold that schedule all on their own. They have executive assistants and personal assistants (not always different people) to help them with that. I dunno, if I had someone who's job it was to help keep me on that schedule, I think I'd have better luck than the plebes do, don't you?
- handrous 5y ago
  Not having to do any of your own: housekeeping/cooking/laundry; child-running-around (if you have kids); maintenance on anything including even scheduling work to be done; driving; schedule-keeping; filtering (turning down calls and such from people you have no intention of talking to—your assistant does that for you); shopping (even for stuff you want, but don't need—"assistant; I'd like an X by next week, please find me a good one") et c., really would free up a lot of time & energy.
  - FireBeyond 5y ago
    Very true. There's a meme I see every so often. "Work out for an hour a day. It's 4% of your day. What's your excuse?" Uhh, well, other than the fact that it's closer to 25% of my _available_ day (8h sleep, 8h work, 1h commute, 1h preparation, 1h meals), you mean?
- cbsmith 5y ago
  You also might want to write it down for them, so there'd be no confusion between you.
sky_rw 5y ago
Daily affirmations and goals like this are part of nearly every self help system on the market. This is straight out of a Tony Robbins style life success guide.

winter_squirrel 5y ago

Is it really that hard to believe someone would do it somewhat regularly? I certainly don't do it every day, but more often then not I'll do the same kind of things in the morning (wake up around 4 - 4:30am, meditate, exercise, shower / clean, ...). It's just basic habits The part after the schedule is weird for sure, but the schedule itself sounds fine.

echlebek 5y ago
Maybe it sounds fine to you, but to me, a night owl, it sounds absolutely insane. I would go insane if I had to do this and I don't know if I would ever recover.
- cbsmith 5y ago
  Meh, it's a night owl schedule from a different time zone.
- Freeboots 5y ago
  different folks. They say Obama is a night owl, I doubt he was waking up at 4am, but i dont doubt he had a schedule none the less.
- VHRanger 5y ago
  It *is* insane to wake up at 4am if you go to bed anytime after 10PM. I know some people will swear before god that they can function on little sleep, but the fact is that your decision making and judgement is seriously hampered by maintaining a long term sleep deficit.
  - winter_squirrel 5y ago
    I agree, way to many "self improvement" people will try to wake up early without defining a rigid deadline to go to sleep by. If so, it ends up being unsustainable. I've found that I naturally get very tired by 8:30-9pm and so it works well for my schedule (and then even if I go to bed later, theirs so much leeway between 4am and the time I actually need to start working (7-8am) that I can afford to not put an alarm and always just let my body get it's natural amount of sleep even if it means getting up closer to 5 or 6 once in a while).

kyleblarson 5y ago

Jocko Willink posts a picture of his watch during his workout every morning, usually in the 4:20 to 4:30 range.

hogFeast 5y ago
A psychologist would have a field day with that.
- mod 5y ago
  Can you elaborate? I have no idea why a psychologist would care.
  - hogFeast 5y ago
    I would consider why someone is doing something. Try to put yourself in their shoes. Would you post what time you worked out everyday? Would you post how many hours you worked today? Would you post how many calories you ate today? There is a reason why this isn't a common way for people to use the internet.
  - joeman1000 5y ago
    Constant need for validation and attention, for one thing.
    - nradov 5y ago
      It's a marketing thing, like a lot of social media content. He's just trying to build a personal brand to promote his consulting business and clothing line. Nothing wrong with that.
- nanoservices 5y ago
  This is BS. I do this daily, and it has nothing to do with validation. I don't post it online but I do send a snap. Its a system that a friend and I have in place, it keeps up accountable to go get some sort of workout in every morning. I can see someone doing this and posting it online to keep themselves accountable.

et-al 5y ago

https://thecooperreview.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-junior-goldman-stearns-exec-in-training/ https://thecooperreview.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-junior-go... Which was a parody of: https://www.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-executive-melania-edwards-2018-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-hsbc-ex...

woodruffw 5y ago

I know of a handful of people who practice(d) regimented schedules like this. I also know a few people for habitually draw up schedules and then fail to follow them. Benjamin Franklin's schedule (from his autobiography) is a famous and probably factual example[1]. [1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/picture-of-the-day-benjamin-franklins-daily-schedule/237615/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/picture...