little about your work, tease and titillate with alluring, even contradictory comments, then stand back and let others try to make sense of it all. - Robert Greene

Do not talk about giftedness, inborn talents! One can name great men of all kinds who were very little gifted. They acquired greatness, became “geniuses” (as we put it), through qualities the lack of which no one who knew what they were would boast of: they all possessed that seriousness of the efficient workman which first learns to construct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; they allowed themselves time for it, because they took more pleasure in making the little, secondary things well than in the effect of a dazzling whole. — FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

The feeling that we have endless time to complete our work has an insidious and debilitating effect on our minds.

Our attention and thoughts become diffused.

Our lack of intensity makes it hard for the brain to jolt into a higher gear.

The connections do not occur.

For this purpose you must always try to work with deadlines, whether real or manufactured.

Faced with the slenderest amount of time to reach the end, the mind rises to the level you require.

Ideas crowd upon one another.

Make a list of the people in your life who live with purpose. Prioritize spending more time with them.