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Nobody can consistently do more than about three or four hours a day of work that demands serious mental focus.

Drawn from what Oliver Burkeman said

ambition
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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

Is discipline the answer?under our view: Willpower does not last: enjoyment, surroundings and systems do the work

What Oliver Burkeman actually said

  1. Oliver Burkeman by British writer on time, limits and attention
    you almost certainly can't consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus for more than about three or four hours a day

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