The ‘now’ we experience only lasts 2.5 seconds.Swedish death cleaning means getting rid of the clutter you have accumulated while you are still alive.Subsequent light tinkering has a heavy cost. Take a nap with keys in your hand and a plate on the floor below – as soon as you drift off, the keys fall and wake you up. Dali had a technique for capturing the thoughts you have just before falling asleep.Dedicate mornings to essential work, break it down into three sessions of no more than 90 minutes, and take a 10-minute break in between each.What are the minimum steps required for completion? Adding unnecessary embellishments is unwise: being asked to do X isn’t a good enough reason to do Y. Remove all possible steps and maximise the steps not taken. No matter how simple the step, it’s still easier to take no step. The simplest steps are the ones you don’t take.A lack state involves focusing on what you lack, whereas a have state is much better (what is going right, what progress you are making, and what potential you see).The effortless state is prevented by many of our 6,000 thoughts a day, including outdated assumptions, complaining, burdens, anger, grudges, fear, distractions and exhaustion.With residual results you put the effort in once and reap the benefits again and again. When your efforts yield a one-time benefit, you get a linear result.Prevent: solve the problem before it happens.Pink Effortless shows that achieving more doesnt have to be as hard as we. Trust: the engine of high-leverage teams In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeowns work is essential - Daniel H.Lift: harness the strength of other people’s views and efforts.Learn: leverage the best of what others know.Progress: have the courage to be rubbish.Simplify: start with zero and take it from there.Start: work out the first obvious action.Notice: see things clearly for what they are.Rest: consider the art of doing nothing.In an effortless approach, you realise that the most essential things can be the easiest ones, you find the easier path, and get the right results without burning out.In an exhausting approach, you think that anything worth doing takes tremendous effort, you try too hard, overcomplicate, overengineer, overthink and overdo, and so what you get is burnout and none of the results you want.You can make it easier to focus by creating an effortless state, concentrating on effortless action and getting the highest return on the least effort.
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