What If This Could Be Easy?
Dear Essentialists,?
What if the biggest thing keeping you from doing what matters is the false assumption that it has to take tremendous effort?
There is a certain satisfaction in a job well done. But too often we equate "well done" with lots of effort.
Do you ever fall into this trap? I still find myself doing this. If something doesn't require hard work and sacrifice, I begin to wonder if the task was really valuable at all.?
But what if instead of believing that an important project must take superhuman strength, we inverted the scenario?
What if we asked, “How can this be easy?”
Whenever I ask myself this question, I'm always surprised at the effortless solutions that seem to pop up.
Now I find the same satisfaction in discovering an easy way to accomplish a task as I previously did in expending a lot of effort to accomplish a task.
Here’s how you can make a complicated task easier today:
This may feel uncomfortable to you at first. Trying to find an easier path can feel like laziness. But remember, being efficient isn’t lazy, it’s smart.??
"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" - Confucius
In gratitude,?
Greg
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3 年"Efficient isn't lazy; it's smart," Greg, I love this line! Given complicated tasks, we frequently overburden ourselves with unnecessary thoughts and questions. For this reason, it is critical to have well-organized plans to avoid wasting maximum working effort.
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3 年An anonymous person said, "Simplicity is the most beautiful thing." I couldn't agree more with that. Why complicate things when you can list the process that you can do in order for the task to become easier? We can say a task is hard because we do not embrace it, we hate to do it. Admit it, it's true, right? Instead of thinking about how hard it is, why not think of ways to make it easier? I am also guilty of complicated tasks, I want them to be done right away. I am impatient before, but as I experienced some things that went through some steps, I realized it made everything easier. Step by step, take it seriously, and you'll be surprised how easy everything is.
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3 年I prefer a simple life. I always remind my trainees that if they have a complicated task, they can simplify it. Make things simple!
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3 年Sometimes we find ourselves unable to do our tasks thinking how difficult it's going to be. However, life can be simple too! We just got to ask ourselves, like you said, "How can I make this easy?"
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3 年Christina Wedgwood probably a good question to keep asking ourselves as we work through everything!