Reader, yesterday I got this reply from Sarah: “Rahul, I tracked my time for 3 days like you said. I’m horrified. On average, I spent 6 hours ‘working’ yesterday but only wrote a few paragraphs. What am I doing wrong?” Nothing, Sarah. You’re just human. And humans are really good at fooling themselves. Yes, that's true! When I first tracked my time, I discovered something embarrassing: Out of my 8-hour “work” day, ...only 3 hours were real work. The other 5 hours? Pure fake work. But here’s...