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Is the secret of productivity really just doing what you enjoy? | Oliver Burkeman
The secret to great productivity is simply to do what you enjoy.
Copying other successful people will not guarantee you success: Just because Elon Musk works 120 hours a week does not mean that you'll have the same success if you work for 120 hours a week. Musk likes to work those hours. If you tried to follow that schedule, you'd have to make yourself do it. The same goes to advice like "write every day." It won't work unless you want to write.
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