Anybody else here kind of a chaotic person? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Feb '23 in General discussion & questions

I'm a bit all over the place when it comes to getting things done.

I do my best work in short bursts of high-energy sprints.

The rest of the time I’m resting, consuming interesting content, and thinking about what I want to do next. This is exactly what I’m doing right now after completing an intense film shoot for a new online course we’ll be releasing soon.

My time is split into 80% ‘rest and consume’ mode and 20% ‘produce and execute’ mode (which is kind of perfect for facilitation I think).

One of the greatest thinkers of our time, Naval Ravikant has come to the same conclusion when it comes to working. He calls it “Working like a Lion”. He says:

“The way people tend to work most effectively, especially in knowledge work, is to sprint as hard as they can while they feel inspired to work, and then rest. They take long breaks.

It’s more like a lion hunting and less like a marathoner running. You sprint and then you rest. You reassess and then you try again. You end up building a marathon of sprints.

Don’t work like a cow grazing on the field all day.”

Source: https://nav.al/work-hard

So work hard, then rest hard instead of trying to sustain a constant “mid-level” state. Or... don't! I don't know, that's just my brain!

Cheers,

Jonathan

P.S. I also liked this video on living a chaotic life: https://youtu.be/A2sS00egAzg

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