Do slow and tedious work every day

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Apr 12, 2023 · 6m

I've come to understand that our expectations of progress and quality work often follow a linear path. However, the reality is that improvement is more like an #exponential curve. It becomes increasingly harder to reach higher levels and produce better work. For example, the difference in rigor between competing at a middle school level and a university level is vast. So, how do we cope with the exponential difficulty of #competing at higher levels? The solution I've found is to focus on slow, steady, and consistent work, while blocking out the outside world. Many people won't understand the…