John Vespasian - HOW TO ACQUIRE EFFECTIVE WORK HABITS

A Swiss journalist once asked writer Edward Gibbon how he could write so quickly during the time he lived close to the woods of Lausanne. For a period of ten years, Gibbon produced volume after volume of THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

His writing speed astonished most readers, who hardly had time to finish Gibbon's latest volume before the next one was published. The story goes that Gibbon changed subjects and tried to avoid answering the question, but the journalist insisted.

What was Gibbon's secret? Did he dictate his work to a secretary? Was he employing several assistants to research the books for him? After a long silence, Edward Gibbon shook his head and explained his secret to the journalist.

The key to his high productivity was relaxation, taking it easy on Sundays. From Monday to Saturday, he usually wrote twelve pages per day. On Sundays, only six.

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