“Even in a Valley that worships productivity, he is an outlier, plowing through e-mails and meetings as if strapped to a time bomb, his unblinking stare speeding up colleagues until they sound like chipmunks.” Thus wrote Tad Friend in a 2016 New Yorker profile of Sam Altman, the current CEO of OpenAI and former president of Y Combinator.

What’s behind Sam Altman’s legendary productivity? Fortunately for us, there’s no need to speculate: Three years ago, Altman used his own blog to provide a no-nonsense answer himself. “Compound growth gets discussed as a financial concept, but it works in careers as well, and it is magic. [...] If you get 10% more done and 1% better every day compared to someone else, the compounded difference is massive.” Read on to learn how Altman achieves these daily gains and get inspired to implement his techniques in your own life!