Empirically, it seems the way to "avoid" work is to do kinds of work that don't feel like work to you. The prevalence of this strategy, from Bradman to Ramanujan, is evidence that you can't change the number of hours you need to put in, only what you call them.
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to be more accurate, longer relative to others
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I used to think this was possible & tried it for 2.5 yrs after undergrad but it din’t work & wasn’t that satisfying either. Then post graduate degree worked extremely hard, followed my research project in school into a real startup - FogHorn, overall so much more satisfied.
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In-fact everytime I choose a project with my heart/genuine interest instead of what had better recognition - at the end those were my most successful projects both in terms of internal satisfaction & external recognition.
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Depends on what you define as hard work? Is that effort, quality or whatever. Because some people can make things seem effortless, even though other need a lot of effort to get the same thing done
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I can think of several example - for example, Poincare famously only worked a few hours every day. Same for GH Hardy. They were both obviously brilliant men and I don't think their experience necessarily generalizes, but, there you go.
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Both worked about 4 hours. Keynes too: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/869799183196336129 … There's a nice how-I-work style book about well known artists and writers that shows a huge variance, but a distinct peak around 4-ish hrs / day, often 6 or 7 days per week.
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Sean Parker?
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If you believe in 80:20 rule then it should be possible. I've yet to figure it out
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