Only 4 Hours of Creative Power
Study proves that creative productivity is not defined by how many hours worked, but by how well-rested someone is
If you were to study some of the most admired creative thinkers, writers, and artists to have ever lived, you would find that all shared a passion for their work, an intense desire to succeed, and an almost superhuman capacity to focus. Yet, when you look closely at their daily lives, they only spent a few hours a day doing what we would recognize as their most profound work.
The rest of the time, they were hiking mountains, taking naps, going on walks with friends, or sitting around thinking. In short, their creative productivity was not the result of endless hours of toil, as some may like to believe.
The truth is: It was the result of modest “working” hours.
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How did they manage to become so accomplished in such a short amount of time? Can a generation, that has been raised to believe that 80 hour workweeks are necessary for success, learn something from the lives of these great achievers?
I think so. If some of history’s most admired figures didn’t put in immensely long hours, maybe the key to unlocking the secret of…
