Category: From work

I discovered this from Tiago Forte’s YouTube video. The benefits are immediate.

1. Speak to LLM is easier.
2. It’s faster to speak than to type.
3. Less friction to start compared to typing 500 characters.

The opposite takes a few weeks to realize.

1. So easy that I persuade myself to hold on to doing it, procrastination.
2. Mentally resisting to type the keyboard.

Starting work at 5 am is not the hardest, sleeping at 10 pm is. Because lures are everywhere.

• Phone and tablet
• Wrapping the day at 8:30
• Stop reading
• Occational Friday movie night
• Holding on to sex (sometimes)

Working at 5 is not the hardest.

This new job requires to work closely with US and Canada, so it allowed me to work at 5 am. I’ve found some benefits:

1). Productivity: each session are more equally divided.

• 5 am to 7 am: 2 hours
• 9 am to 12 pm: 3 hours
• 1 pm to 4 pm: 3 hours

2). Confidence: knowing that this is a difficult discipline.

3). Forced lifestyle: start on time and take breaks on time to manage the energy.

I am guilty for narcissistically attaching the work I do with who I am. When things go well, my ego drives the motivation. When things doesn’t, I procrastinate and tries to hide it. I am not consistent.

The War of Art redefined being professional and Resistance became the proxy.

• It’s not a rejection. It’s Resistance reminding me to save face.
• It’s not rejecting the person or idea. It’s Resistance saying my time is not valuable.
• It’s not above my responsibility. It’s Resistance saying asking help is showing weakness.
• It’s not a difficult project. It’s Resistance saying I am too smart to ask for help.
• It’s not that there’s too much work to do so I need to sacrifice the time to write. It’s Resistance saying work is who I am, it’s my identity.

Resistance is always in the middle between the person or task and my work. It always twist the message to stop me getting things done.

Less impressed, more involved. – Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, location 1,446

Here’s a mistake I made 2 weeks into my new job: too eager to apply previous skills and experiences. I wanted to impress, to replicate my turf on this new land.

It didn’t work. This is selling solution without understanding the customer pain point.

Slow down, get involved. Know the workflow and the bottleneck, start to help even with the small things.

If the skill is valuable, then it will show. The effort will compound.