The appropriate amount of effort is zero
4 days ago
- #non-doing
- #effort
- #performance
- People often exert more effort than necessary in their activities.
- Kristijan realized he was using 40% more tension in his hands than needed.
- Over-gripping is a metaphor for pervasive excessive effort in life.
- Each activity requires an exact amount of energy; excess effort is unnecessary.
- Effort is defined as expending energy beyond what an activity requires.
- Non-doing means no effort, not no action, leading to effortlessness.
- Nature accomplishes everything without hurry or effort, embodying non-doing.
- Katie Ledecky and Ryan Hall exemplify peak performance with ease, not strain.
- Societal scripts and faulty sensory appreciation make over-effort feel normal.
- Experimenting with less effort can recalibrate sensory perception to find ease.