This is awesome. A book recommendation: The Insanity Hoax. It’s a lot like this, but the theme is the hoax that genius and madness are somehow linked when the opposite is true. The most productive people were the ones with the discipline needed to work on tasks regularly for long periods of time.
Interesting, will check it out. From what I've seen so far, there does seem to be a tenuous genetic linkage between the predisposition for specific conditions and creativity. It's the often the siblings of people with schizophrenia/bipolar who tend to be creative at rates somewhat higher than baseline. So a certain genetic background can swing either toward madness *or* genius, depending on other genes, lifestyle, upbringing, etc.
Having a job, or running a business (I've done both) requires routines in order to be functional. It's also critically important to be flexible, as anyone who has ever flown will agree. Now that I'm in retirement, intuitively it seems like there would be no need for routines. Generally retired people tend to fall in two categories: 1) Vegetate in the proverbial rocking chair, awaiting death, and 2) finally being able to do all the things they've wanted to do. Those in group 1 usually die early, or become a burden on family. Being in the second group, routines are a must for me to accomplish the creative work I had to put on hold for many years. There are also health considerations, like exercise first thing in the morning, to burn fat due to glycogen stores being reduced during sleep. By structuring routine with health goals in mind we avoid wasting time with doctor's appointments.
This is awesome. A book recommendation: The Insanity Hoax. It’s a lot like this, but the theme is the hoax that genius and madness are somehow linked when the opposite is true. The most productive people were the ones with the discipline needed to work on tasks regularly for long periods of time.
Thanks, Joe.
Interesting, will check it out. From what I've seen so far, there does seem to be a tenuous genetic linkage between the predisposition for specific conditions and creativity. It's the often the siblings of people with schizophrenia/bipolar who tend to be creative at rates somewhat higher than baseline. So a certain genetic background can swing either toward madness *or* genius, depending on other genes, lifestyle, upbringing, etc.
But I'll have to dig some more ;).
Having a job, or running a business (I've done both) requires routines in order to be functional. It's also critically important to be flexible, as anyone who has ever flown will agree. Now that I'm in retirement, intuitively it seems like there would be no need for routines. Generally retired people tend to fall in two categories: 1) Vegetate in the proverbial rocking chair, awaiting death, and 2) finally being able to do all the things they've wanted to do. Those in group 1 usually die early, or become a burden on family. Being in the second group, routines are a must for me to accomplish the creative work I had to put on hold for many years. There are also health considerations, like exercise first thing in the morning, to burn fat due to glycogen stores being reduced during sleep. By structuring routine with health goals in mind we avoid wasting time with doctor's appointments.
That's a good point, routines can be time and health-saving. Sometimes even both at the same time.
I like to think of it as Incremental improvement.
:)
Geoff
That's the goal, isn't it? A little better every day :).