Effortless
Make the most essential activities the easiest ones to do
The 2021 follow up. It is written for readers who already worked out what matters and burned out doing it anyway. Three layers stack up. An effortless state comes first, reached through rest, gratitude and putting down old grudges. Effortless action follows: define what done looks like, start with the bad first version, set a pace with an upper bound as well as a lower one. Last come effortless results, meaning work that keeps producing after you stop touching it. Throughout, one question repeats. Is there an easier path here, or did you only assume there was not?
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Written for people who already know what matters and are exhausted doing it. Instead of pushing harder, he argues, make the essential activities the easiest ones, so the answer to a hard task is an easier path rather than more effort.
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