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No one ever has gymnast's block. They spend time reading about the Top 5 Ways To Lose That Belly Fat instead of putting on running shoes because running is hard work and they don't really want to be doing it. If they wanted it bad enough, they'd be doing it. Likewise, there aren't dozens of Architect Hacks sites to help architects find the right paper for their blueprints.

Indeed, do, or do not. There is no try. (14 New Ways To Try after the jump...)

[Edit] On the other hand, we might just all be dopamine addicts. We spend 8+ hours a day using a tool that also contains everything ever in the history of the world, and wonder why we're distracted so often.




Productivity isn't just about programmers/writers block, it's also about ways to approach things. And there just wanting it bad enough isn't enough. Gymnasts do need to train the right way, i.e. train productively. Only part of it is about the gymnastics itself. It's not intuitively obvious to every practitioner.

You might know every algorithm, API and tool you need for a job, but there's still some value in knowing good ways to utilize all that. Just running along with the will to power? If you failed, you didn't want it enough?




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