"Back in the 2010s Mark Manson was a well-known blogger, leveraging social media algorithms to attract eyeballs to his Millennial-focused self-help content. His success earned him a book deal. But he was far from sure his online formula would translate into the world of publishing. Then his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**kcame out. It became an instant cultural phenomenon that spawned countless copycats, selling 20 million copies and counting."
"Discovering the 4-hour rule "I wrote The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k in 18 months. For much of that time, I was writing eight to 10 hours per day," Manson says in the post. "Yet somehow, I got the most done in the three months where I worked the least." How did that happen? Manson explains that when he worked long days, he focused on pushing himself to produce as many words as possible. More hustle would lead to more results, he figured. But Manson soon discovered there was a huge downside to just grinding it out."
""I was forcing myself through pages, stories, chapters, without considering if what I was writing was the best thing for the book or not. As a result, I spent most of my time going in circles, deleting, rewriting, reorganizing, redoing," he explains. After 15 months of slow progress, he got fed up and decided to try something new."
Mark Manson wrote The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k over 18 months, initially working eight to ten hours per day but finding greatest progress during three months of reduced work. Long daily sessions encouraged chasing word count and producing material that required extensive deleting, rewriting, and reorganizing. Shifting focus from volume to quality led to faster, more effective output. The experience illustrated a time-management rule that favors concentrated, limited work periods and prioritizing value over hours. The rule aligns with scientific findings and applies broadly to people aiming to produce high-quality work.
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