It would be convenient if you could do great work by working only moderately hard. Maybe there are some people who can. But I can't think of any.
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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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Are you referring to Sir Don Bradman, the cricketer?
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The world's greatest life hack. 1.) Do work. 2.) Do work you love. 3.) Do work you think you love doing. The more of 2 and 3 you can achieve the less 'Work' you'll do a day.
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This is transferable to aspects of life. Find exercise that doesn’t feel like a grind. Discover which healthy foods you find delicious.
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Empirically? These seem to be anecdotes.
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.. anecdotes in line with the ''10000 hours to mastery" category of thinking popularized by Gladwell. Anecdotes historically rooted in Calvinism / Predestination?
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@naval had a few good lines on this: 2 types of energy: 1) physical: health, diet, exercise. Most can get this 2) intellectual energy: you gain energy from the work you do. Having this is gold. People think your “hard worker” but it’s not “hard” for you. -
I would add a 3rd type of “gained energy”: The energy (inner + g) you can ONLY gain from, not simply the work you do, but the work you COMPLETE. When we enjoy we are IN + JOY — Joy is the state achieved by completing work you are happy doing. Joy is the highest gain of energy
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Never thought you would mention a cricketer. Do you follow the sport?
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Yes, we're watching England v SA now.
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