Every job I have ever done has taken more time than the hours I was paid. But there are things that I can do not 6 in 15 minutes that took me hours before.

AI is a trap.

In 1993 with my first laptop I didn't 6 more time playing with the UI, buying software, trying shareware.... I wrote very little. When I had a typewriter I actually wrote.

It's like picking up leaves. In my very small backyard I have a large tree that sheds leaves. It takes me 10 minutes to pick them up or sweep them in my deck. If I buy a leaf blower I will spend more time and money than I will recover. So I pay myself but just doing the job.

Read Brian Tracy's Goals...

There are simple things that you can do to get ahead. The biggest thing is just getting a paper and pencil and write down what you want to happen as if it already has.