Paul Graham：How to Work Hard, Excerpt 7

But if you know what you want to do, you at least know what direction to nudge your life in. [ 5 ] The lower time limits for intense work suggest a solution to the problem of having less time to work after you have kids: switch to harder problems. In effect I did that, though not deliberately. [ 6 ] Some cultures have a tradition of performative hard work. I don't love this idea, because (a) it makes a parody of something important and (b) it causes people to wear themselves out doing things that don't matter.

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