At the same time, our nagging guilt about all the essential work we could be doing instead sucks all the joy out of otherwise enjoyable experiences. Pair the most essential activities with the most enjoyable ones.īelieving essential activities are, almost by definition, tedious, we are more likely to put them off or avoid them completely. When we remove the complexity, even the slightest efforts can move what matters forward. When we invest, the best approach is not thinking about more return but in invert- how can we curb our loss to a minimum?Įffortless inversion -looking at the problem from the opposite perspective and finding the solution by putting the least effort, no point in over-complicating things When the work seems hard, always invert and ask how can we make it easy? Find an indirect approach. INVERT- To turn an assumption upside down, to work backward.
As a result, we make things harder for ourselves than they need to be. We are conditioned over the course of our lifetimes to believe that in order to overachieve we must also overdo. That’s why we always delay in learning new skills, getting new habits but we unnecessarily scroll in social media without boredom.
Path of least Effort- our brain is wired to resist what it perceives as hard and welcome what it perceives as easy. You can discern the right action and light the right path. When you remove the burdens in your heart and the distractions in your mind, you are able to see more clearly.
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But lighter also means more full of light. To solve this problem you have to seek effortless state- When you return to your Effortless State, you feel lighter, in the two senses of the word. As brains prioritize emotions with high “affective value”-like fear, resentment, or anger-these strong emotions will generally win out, leaving us with even fewer mental resources to devote to making progress on the things that matter.
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So when we encounter new information, our brains decides how to allocate the remaining cognitive resources. Perceptual load theory- Our brain’s processing capacity is large, but limited. When your brain is filled with clutter-like outdated assumptions, negative emotions, and toxic thought patterns-you have less mental energy available to perform what’s most essential. When you can do the most important thing in the easiest possible way.To achieve this, clear the clutter in your heads and hearts. But do the reverse, and you’ll get the trivial things done but run out of space for the things that really matter If you prioritize the most important things first, then there will be room in your life not only for what matters most but also for other things too.
The sand are things like social media and doom swiping. The small pebbles are less important things like work and career. What “Big Rock Theory tell?“The big rocks represent the most essential responsibilities like health, family, and relationships. One must learn how to prioritize or what to prioritize in order to have good life. In order to get success , we must be working harder than ever before butīurnout is not a badge of honour.
Wrong Myth- We always think that if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we are not doing enough.