The concept of making things twice as efficient and working the same amount in the future of work should be updated from moving objects at or near the surface to moving information at or near the surface, as mentioned by Anne Helen Petersen in an economic insight discussion.
The drive for productivity to the point of doing everything that one could think of is a form of immortality obsession. Discipline is more reliable than motivation, as motivation is fleeting, while discipline is always there. Restricting degrees of freedom in creativity leads to more focus on the stuff that genuinely makes a difference, and trying to achieve happiness through success is self-defeating.
The quality of life is affected by our ability to live the way we want, and half of our day is spent working. It's important to find our "zone of genius," where work feels like play, and we can make a meaningful contribution to society.
In this transcript excerpt, the speaker reflects on their associations with hard work and strong women from their early life, including their great grandmother from Russia.
The need to always seem busy or be busy stops people from finding things that are really worth doing and sifting the ones that are worth doing from the ones that aren't worth doing. It is important to not waste years of your lives not being willing to waste hours of your lives.
This podcast discusses the idea that the key to becoming wealthy is simply positive thinking and not dwelling on thoughts of being poor, a theory commonly known as "The Secret".