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Her point 2 claims she studied 100 hours a week to keep those grades, and averaged 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night. She probably hit diminishing returns well before the 100 hours, and would probably have benefited from doing other things and sleeping more. One or two nights without much sleep is OK, but doing that for an extended portion of time is unsustainable.


Re: she/her

The article was written by Jon Morrow, not Penelope Trunk...

Jon is actually an amazing guy. Here's another sample of his writing:

http://www.copyblogger.com/fight-for-your-ideas/




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