Letting Now Jakob make decisions for Future Jakob

Jakob Greenfeldjakobgreenfeld.com4 min read

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Greenfeld balances structure and spontaneity by deciding each evening what tomorrow's deep work and task blocks will hold, since he chooses far better for his future self than in the moment.

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Saved the same day · Aug 12

One of 15 pieces by Jakob Greenfeld I saved that day, alongside:

A Good Place to WorkBen Horowitz 7 min
Collating widely available time/money tradesRyan Carey 2 min
Examples of barbell strategiesDwarkesh Patel 3 min

Letting Now Jakob make decisions for Future Jakob

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