The energies of men
by William James · first published 1907
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William James' essay The Energies of Men has some remarkable stories of endurance, and bodily transformations under extreme circumstances, in it. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Energies_of_Men
on “The Curiously Elastic Limits of Endurance” ↗…you should be far more cautious as to what you should put your time towards reading. Taking frequent breaks, as encouraged by Pomodoro, actually hinders your thinking. William James wrote about this in Energies of Men and calls it "Second Wind". It's like a runner's high for the mind. There comes a difficult point in our studies where we give up and take a break. The idea is to push beyond this point to reach a new…
on “Ask HN: Alternatives to the Pomodoro technique?” ↗