6 Saints on Productivity
These men and women of faith were human just like us. Against common belief, they had no more access to miraculous productivity than we.
There is a long list of men and women of faith the Catholic Church deemed to sainthood that I hope to read some day. I did not grow up Catholic, but I have had enough interaction with the Catholics to hold a respect for their traditions and rituals that you won’t find anywhere near a modern non-denominational church.
[real quick off topic: I highly recommend Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett if you want a great story about cathedrals and monks]
What I have learned is that being a saint, a writer, or any sort of productive human being requires a level of work ethic that you cannot will yourself through. There have to be rules in place, that you follow, in order to be extraordinary.
St. Augustine of Hippo: Set goals and priorities “Take care to do things with order, and order will take care of you.”
One thing most can agree on is the extraordinary work the saints produced is near superhuman levels. St. Augustine is still so influential that people have problems and issues with his theology almost two mellenia later. If you ever have a chance to pick up Confessions or City of God, I…
