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Contrast with Stephen King:

I think this is the "correct" strategy for long term success. Why? Because this was also Issac Asimov's strategy. In a essay in the late 80's he talked about the visceral enjoyment of using a typewriter. The essay was in a Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. I can't find it at the moment. But I read and reread it as a kid.

These kinda get the gist :

https://www.developgoodhabits.com/isaac-asimov/

https://lynnkilmore.com/2009/07/18/janet-and-isaac-asimov-on...

Some version of that applies to many many things.

There's also the closely-related case of people like the concept of being a $OCCUPATION. But they don't really want to do a lot of the day-to-day work associated with it.

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