A novel approach to productivity

ABL #1: Can we really get more done just by reading about it?

Seventy-five percent of the way through any creative project, I’m suddenly seized with the urge to throw in the towel on the whole thing. This feeling is how I know with certainty two things:

1. It’s too late to give up now because I’m already almost finished.

2. It’s time to hit pause and go read a novel.

As a productivity strategy, reading a novel is neither a…