![]() In many cases, Green noted that geniuses would focus on their busywork when they were having less productive moments in their genius work. Geniuses tended to separate out the day between their most important work, which might have been writing or experimenting or other genius like activity, and other work, which may have been tasks such as answering letters or other more mundane tasks that still needed to be completed. Separation of busy work and important work Meanwhile Ernest Hemingway did not so much set goals but tracked progress in terms of words. In fact, Trollope is said to have only worked for just three hours a day, but in that time he would churn out 250 words every 15 minutes. In the case of writers this is particularly noticeable with both Anthony Trollope and Ernest Hemingway setting themselves word counts of numbers of words that they needed to write each day. Geniuses, argue Green, will commonly set themselves goals that they focus on every day. The daily routines of geniuses: 7 traits 3. Beethoven is also purported to have enjoyed an after lunch walk, on which he took pencil and paper to jot down notes of his inspirational thoughts along the way. Looking again at authors, Green points out that Charles Dickens swore by three hour walks every day, while Tchaikovskyneeded a little less, getting by with just two hours of daily walking. This allowed them to really focus on what they needed to do and to write outstanding works of fiction that we continue to enjoy today. Jane Austin and Mark Twain both had quite different techniques to avoid being disturbed, but nonetheless they both had these tactics in place. Geniuses know that they need a workplace where they can truly concentrate on what they are doing without disturbance. There are seven recommendations in total: 1. From this she was able to develop a list of recommendations for people that want to work like geniuses do. In doing this she ruled out those that focused on drugs and alcohol to fuel their success and focused on those with discipline. “I began to notice several common elements in the lives of the healthier geniuses that allowed them to pursue the luxury of a productivity enhancing routine”. ![]() As Green read, she understood that routines were critical to the success of these exceptional individuals. As Green explains, the book looks at the daily activities of more than 150 different composers, writers and artists, in addition to scientists, philosophers and other renowned thinkers. Sarah Green (2014) was inspired by the book of Mason Curry, “ Daily Rituals: How Artists Work”. Rather, they are essential in the process of getting stuff done. Every wondered how a genius gets through life? How do geniuses do it? How did Einstein put together the theory of relativity? What were the things that he did to get to the point that he was able to crank out such wisdom and share it with the world? Well, according to Sarah Green (2014) of the Harvard Business Review, they have routines, and in fact these routines are not nice to have luxuries. ![]()
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