In context of the article, take pride in what you're doing. Last night as my decompression or relaxation tool I was cutting up some nice solid oak trim pieces for a carpentry project and took enormous pride in getting everything to fit perfectly with absolutely perfect miter cuts (which is harder to do than non carpenters think...) Well maybe not utterly perfect but better than I've ever done before, might not be able to slip a business card in anywhere but a razor could be hammered into some of the gaps.
Anyway in article context I followed rule #2 in having great pride in doing an excellent job, I just happened to be doing carpentry for fun at the time. Was not being an evil programmer by not being attached to a keyboard for those two hours.
The TLDR of the whole article seems to be if you develop discipline then when you need discipline you'll be better off than undisciplined folks. Or if you train hard all the time, work becomes easy, which is crucial during rough times.
Anyway in article context I followed rule #2 in having great pride in doing an excellent job, I just happened to be doing carpentry for fun at the time. Was not being an evil programmer by not being attached to a keyboard for those two hours.
The TLDR of the whole article seems to be if you develop discipline then when you need discipline you'll be better off than undisciplined folks. Or if you train hard all the time, work becomes easy, which is crucial during rough times.