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Those who come to me and say, “You know, I work 15 hours a day,” I say, “I am not interested.” I am interested in the quality of working hours, not the quantity. The brain of the human being. Do you think that during the first five hours of the day you are the same as you are in the last five hours? No way. You’re tired, and if you’re tired, you stop listening, and the decisions you make are risky. — Brunello Cucinelli
Person A can work 12 hours a day and make $50K a year.
Person B can work 1 hour a day and make $5 million a year.
The difference is skill, leverage, and understanding — not how hard, long, or organized you work.
People are doing this right now, meaning it is possible, and your complaining about how unfair it is won’t change that fact.
I made the most money in my life when I was working 2–4 hours a day.
Some people don’t believe me when I say that, and that’s fine.
How was I able to work only 2–4 hours a day?
Because I was quick to realize what my highest-leverage tasks were. I quite literally ignored everything else.
When I first started, I didn’t have 2–4 hours a day. I had one. And how I spent that hour was crucial for where I ended up.
Most people think they need to grind out 12-hour days like the delusional archetype of an entrepreneur does.
First, most entrepreneurs don’t do that unless they want to.
Second, almost nobody can start with 12 hours a day. People have responsibilities. You need to start with 1 hour, and you can drastically change your life in 365 hours.
Now, for beginners, this wouldn’t have been possible even 20 years ago, so I understand why most people don’t believe it.
Cultural beliefs are dominated by the oldest generations.
And, studies show that an adult’s brain crystallizes around the age of 25 unless they adopt personal development work as a part of their life (most people don’t, it’s not hard to see that). This partially explains why many 16–25-year-olds are making baffling amounts of money on the internet because they don’t have beliefs that…
