One Nietzsche Quote Explaining Healthy Productivity

Why we achieve more when we follow the natural rhythms of motivation and creativity

“Quiet fruitfulness. The born aristocrats of the spirit are not overeager; their creations blossom and fall from the trees on a quiet autumn evening, being neither rashly desired, not hastened on, nor supplanted by new things. The wish to create incessantly is vulgar, betraying jealousy, envy, and ambition. If one is something, one does not actually need to do anything — and nevertheless does a great deal. There is a type higher than the “productive” man.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, Aphorism #210

When Nietzsche refers to born aristocrats of the spirit, he means the highly intelligent and intuitive people — those who are in tune with their ultimate vision and internally motivated goals.

They know themselves and their most sincere desires, and they are constantly engaged in that spiritual work. That work is the work of shaping one’s life, of surrendering to the natural will to power, and dominating one’s actions and beliefs and emotions towards whatever it is you truly desire to manifest.

And you are more than merely human — in addition to your physical needs, you are also a spiritual, mental being with…