Discovering Your Effortless State

Published: Nov. 8, 2021, noon

b'\\u201cBurnout is not a badge of honor. It is true that hard work can equal better results. But this is true only to a point\\u2026

All too often, we sacrifice our time, our energy, and even our sanity, almost believing that sacrifice is essential in and of itself...

...what if, instead, we took the opposite approach? If instead of pushing ourselves to, and in some cases well past, our limit, we sought out an easier path?\\u201d

\\u2014Greg McKeown

A few week\\u2019s ago we explored McKeown\\u2019s book Essentialism and this week we jump straight into his follow up book, \\u201cEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most.\\u201d

Personally, I love grit.

And hard work.

And sweat.

That feeling when I\\u2019m in the zone, where everything just flows and all time and surroundings disappear.

Then there\\u2019s the feeling where there are a million to-dos on a very long list and I\\u2019m waking up in the middle of the night, exhausted, but still feeling the push to get up and start crossing things off that list.

Then I read these words from Effortless: \\u201cRelaxing is a responsibility.\\u201d

Wow.

How does that sit with you? Kind of uncomfortable right?

I invite you to take this journey together into how we can reach that effortless state while dedicating more of our time to what truly matters to each of us. Because I\\u2019m working on it and I think we\\u2019re both going to get so much out of it.

Let\\u2019s do this.

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P.S. You can learn more about Greg McKeown\\u2019s book here: https://gregmckeown.com/books/effortless/'