This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1988, long-term valuable output by Tynen of Tynen.com,

and I'm just a malloc the guy that reads to you every single day of the year,

including weekends and holidays. I'll keep this intro nice and short,

so let's get right to our next post and continue optimizing your life.

Long-term valuable output by Tynen of Tynen.com.

There was a time in my life when I was singularly obsessed with output. My rated my days in terms

of how much output might produce that day and tried within reason to limit anything that did not

produce output. It felt great to do this as I had previously not been particularly good at

producing output, and was completely within my power to make any day into a good day.

Over time, both in myself and others, however, I noticed that high output didn't always lead to

achieving goals. It was certainly better than not producing output, but I had a persisting feeling

that my results weren't as good as they should be. I now have a more balanced approach,

and my results towards goals now seem disproportionately good compared to my output.

If you don't feel like your results reflect your output or you are trying to figure out how to get

started at being more productive, I have some suggestions based on my own experience.

It's important to realize that what you create when you are at your best will be many times more

valuable than what you create at average or worse. Sometimes work created can even be a net negative.

For example, if I force myself to write a blog post when I'm not at my best,

maybe it will be unclear and actually turn people off from reading future posts.

If I write some fecoed, maybe you'll have to spend hours in the future chasing down a bug that

could have been avoided in the first place. Therefore, it's sometimes best not to work,

and it's always beneficial to do things at your best. Also, efforts spend getting yourself to a

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