I withheld a similar comment, not SO MUCH from this one blog post, but from reading others on the blog as well.<p>As somebody who routinely works 12 hour days, I've found that I don't need any special system to make it work, I just have to be willing to do it.  That said, I just tolerate it.  I'm not working on anything for myself right now, and while I like the work, I don't necessarily love the way our customer / management want us to work.  That means I don't have a magical system to make it more tolerable, I just do the work, as I'm expected to, and try my damnedest to kick ass at it while I do.<p>The main thing I got out of the article though, is that he isn't really working a 12 hour day at all.  Between taking breaks every hour, exercising, taking a lunch break, etc., it seems that the REAL secret to working a 12 hour day is to not ACTUALLY work a 12 hour day.