Payoff space advice does not translate to the 4HL consistency space Two separate domains Most advice on the internet is for the payoff space domain But 98 percent of the audience on the internet are in the 4HL consistency space

You typically see in the form of posts like this as well Some routine that does not factor in people working a job/commuting for 8-10 hours a day

The vast majority of advice givers on the internet are people self-employed or who own Employees don't give advice on here

Here is Henry Rollins on Rogan sharing similar sentiments. The advice doesn't transfer

Jensen isn't working like you're working. He's sitting around thinking of creative solutions to problems. He has people giving him reports. He is thinking high level strategy decisions. We use one word to describe two different experiences

No one working a job is doing this routine every day 5 days a week for decades He has no idea what he is talking about about because he is in payoff space.

The vast majority of people spend 70-80 percent of their life at work. Aka the gas station. There's no other way around it in the consistency space The person who said this quote is probably in payoff space.

being liked in the 4HL is very important. Almost as important as being competent.

Payoff Space vs Consistency Space You need to relax in Consistency Space because you will risk burnout if you do not relax. Burnout is a natural response to being forced to be consistent everyday. Payoff Space is inconsistent and filled with variety

Payoff space vs consistency space Matt Walsh is building a personal brand. He is building his own business. His work is fundamentally different than a normal employee who has to stay consistent and requires sick days

Because there is no end goal or reward at the end of Consistency Space, you need small pleasures throughout the day/week/month/year to keep going Payoff space people have a goal. They have an exit. They don't need the small pleasures

This is a payoff space flex. This isn't for people who work a job. If you work 9am to 6pm. You're not waking up at 3am. you just can't.

Good advice for payoff space. But not for consistency space. You definitely want to be normal and not odd

The 4HLer enjoys his brief respite Payoff Space guys during Christmas want to get back at it

When these guys say they worked 80 hours a week. It means they worked as the owner of the company. Not as a wage employee Payoff space vs consistency space

Bill Watterson worked as an employee for years while doing Calvin and Hobbes on the side. A lot of the comic strip centers around employment and leaving employment