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Not everyone has those awesome powers of introspection (which is why a whole rang of jobs starting with "psycho-" exist in the first place). Quite often we're n

by mhd 14y ago

Not everyone has those awesome powers of introspection (which is why a whole rang of jobs starting with "psycho-" exist in the first place). Quite often we're not really that aware of our own motivations - and even if we are, they're not always that easy to overcome. Never mind that the task itself isn't always that simple. Some of them are outright impossible, some are just hard to do. Let's not even get into the "I wanna be at the next olympics in gymnastics, but I'm overweight and 47" bunch, let's consider something relatively simple like building something, like a website or a house. "You will do it" doesn't really get you there. You will try it, and you will most likely fail, nevermind what Vivek or Yoda are saying. Sure, some "productivity porn" is just along the motivational speaker line, getting off your butt etc., but there's a lot of stuff out there at managing your productivity, planning, etc. Granted, most of that is crap, too, but then again, most of anything is crap.

54mf 14y ago
No one ever has gymnast's block. They spend time reading about the Top 5 Ways To Lose That Belly Fat instead of putting on running shoes because running is hard work and they don't really want to be doing it. If they wanted it bad enough, they'd be doing it. Likewise, there aren't dozens of Architect Hacks sites to help architects find the right paper for their blueprints. Indeed, do, or do not. There is no try. (14 New Ways To Try after the jump...) [Edit] On the other hand, we might just all be dopamine addicts. We spend 8+ hours a day using a tool that also contains everything ever in the history of the world, and wonder why we're distracted so often.
- mhd 14y ago
  Productivity isn't just about programmers/writers block, it's also about ways to approach things. And there just wanting it bad enough isn't enough. Gymnasts do need to train the right way, i.e. train productively. Only part of it is about the gymnastics itself. It's not intuitively obvious to every practitioner. You might know every algorithm, API and tool you need for a job, but there's still some value in knowing good ways to utilize all that. Just running along with the will to power? If you failed, you didn't want it enough?

by mhd 14y ago

54mf 14y ago

No one ever has gymnast's block. They spend time reading about the Top 5 Ways To Lose That Belly Fat instead of putting on running shoes because running is hard work and they don't really want to be doing it. If they wanted it bad enough, they'd be doing it. Likewise, there aren't dozens of Architect Hacks sites to help architects find the right paper for their blueprints. Indeed, do, or do not. There is no try. (14 New Ways To Try after the jump...) [Edit] On the other hand, we might just all be dopamine addicts. We spend 8+ hours a day using a tool that also contains everything ever in the history of the world, and wonder why we're distracted so often.

mhd 14y ago
Productivity isn't just about programmers/writers block, it's also about ways to approach things. And there just wanting it bad enough isn't enough. Gymnasts do need to train the right way, i.e. train productively. Only part of it is about the gymnastics itself. It's not intuitively obvious to every practitioner. You might know every algorithm, API and tool you need for a job, but there's still some value in knowing good ways to utilize all that. Just running along with the will to power? If you failed, you didn't want it enough?