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The Psychology of Nine to Five Jobs
Work is a state of narrow focus attention. It's almost always accompanied by a specific pressure or stress to perform. Creativity mode is an open focus state of attention. When you are not working, your brain is more active. That means that you are going to solve more problems and have more insights when you take more rest. You can be brainwashed into working 14 hours a day. And if you were to just drastically shift to three to four hours a day, you would actually benefit from it. Your identity feels threatened at the thought that you could making more progress by working 3 to 4 hours per day. So in this case, the ego constricts its grips on your way of