Producers with drained batteries are highly unproductive. ⁣
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The idea that working longer and harder makes you more productive and better is outdated.⁣
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Legendary producers outfocus, outinvent and outwork everyone around them when it’s game time. And then, after they’ve expressed their mastery in a hot burst of flaming audacity, they go dark. Ghost. Silent.⁣
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And recover. And read. And exercise. And daydream. And regenerate.⁣
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This seasonal or cyclical way of running a day and then a week and then a month and then your years is unpopular. And counterintuitive, given the way we’ve been socially programmed to think about productivity.⁣
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Yet if you really want to express your genius, lead your field and stay in your sport for the fullness of a career, it’s the best way to operate. ⁣
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