"Preparation, in its variety of forms, often gets a bad rap." To alleviate it somewhat: If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax" (attributed to Abraham Lincoln).

About the Scrub - keeping a couple of art albums on my desk works for me.

The "four-hour work week" comment was a stunning blow. As someone who's been struggling to live up to this philosophy, this calls for some major thinking, again...