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

7 connected korrents · 7 moments on record from 29 Jul 2021 to 26 Jul 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nobody can consistently do more than about three or four hours a day of work that demands serious mental focus. Nobody can consistently do more thanabout three or four hours a day ofwork that demands serious mentalfocus. OB Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody can do genuinely hard cognitive work for eight hours a day; the sustainable unit is one or two sessions of sixty to ninety minutes. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can do genuinely hardcognitive work for eight hoursa day; the sustainable unit isone or two sessions of sixty… TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans max out at three or four hours of really hard deep work a day, so the eight hours of intense work executives ask for is not available. — tap to centre the map on it Humans max out at three orfour hours of really hard deepwork a day, so the eight hoursof intense work executives ask… NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused. — tap to centre the map on it A hard limit on how long youare online is what makes thetime online focused. DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Forty hours a week is plenty if you do not piss it away in meetings; the eighty-hour week is fluff labelled work. — tap to centre the map on it Forty hours a week is plentyif you do not piss it away inmeetings; the eighty-hour weekis fluff labelled work. DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ask "how hard can it be?" rather than forecasting the difficulty, because the work really is harder than you think and the suffering is better taken a day at a time. — tap to centre the map on it Ask "how hard can it be?"rather than forecasting thedifficulty, because the workreally is harder than you… JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Working too hard is not burnout, it is tiredness; burnout needs your values to be out of alignment with the work. — tap to centre the map on it Working too hard is notburnout, it is tiredness;burnout needs your values tobe out of alignment with the… NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person at maximum vibe-coding speed has about three productive hours a day, and a company that will not let them stop there is going to break. — tap to centre the map on it A person at maximumvibe-coding speed has aboutthree productive hours a day,and a company that will not… SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Nobody can consistently do more than about three or four hours a day of work that demands serious mental focus. Holds Oliver Burkeman Read this korrent →