A very short YouTube advice clip from TJ Walker recommending that while regular schedules are useful, when faced with an important task it can be beneficial to temporarily abandon the schedule and work deeply (potentially many hours) until the task is finished, then return to normal routines. The clip closes by labeling this approach the ‘TJ Walker habit.’
It's good to have a set schedule. It's good to have variety in your schedule, your professional work life. But sometimes you're so intensely focused on an important task, it pays to throw your schedule away. To just focus on that one task. Get in the flow deeply, hour after hour after hour. Maybe you spend 14 hours in one day. But finish the task, then go back to your normal schedule. Follow the TJ Walker habit.
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