[lqdc13]

"To leverage the psychology of your brain, you need to instead choose clear goals that you clearly know how to accomplish, and then approach scheduling with flexibility."

What if the goals are unclear or you don't know how to accomplish them? If the clear plan is to make goals clear, then you might as well put that on the schedule and work on it for the allotted amount of time. Hence "write every day".

Chekhov tied himself to the chair as an act of self-discipline and wrote at least one page a day. This seems to have worked well for him.

[xyzzy4]

If you have a job, your main goal should be to do things that make your boss satisfied, and prevent yourself from getting the axe.

If you don't have a job, your goals will be more ambiguous.

[greyman]

> your main goal should be to do things that make your boss satisfied

Yes, but only during those working hours. Outside of the work, you can have another goal which could be even more "main".