Press enter or click to view image in full size Image by “ Ales Krivec” from unsplash It’s 10 o’clock, and you started working. Optimising one task, the phone rings, ‘check the documents immediately’. Now, at 12 o’clock, still working. Tired already, taking a whole minute to process a paragraph. Feels like taking a break. But wait, you have to finish the task. It’s 2 o’clock, and you worked for 4 straight hours. Finally finished. Your colleague reviewed and found silly mistakes. You end up feeling stupid and embarrassed. In the above situation, you fell into the trap of working relentlessly. No break. “Don’t stop when you’re tired; stop when you’re done.” Another lie the self-help industry sells. They say that willpower can break every barrier. But the brutal truth is “ willpower is a limited resource. ” The brain’s prefrontal cortex uses a massive amount of glucose whenever we decide to use willpower to force ourselves to work. Thus, we cannot expect to be producing quality results when tired.…