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Action is the way forward. So, we must give 110% effort and "take massive action" all day every day, right?!
RIGHT?! LET'S GO!!!!!!
No.
Momentum matters more than effort.
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Try to stop a runaway tractor trailer going down a mountain. Try really hard. Splat. Momentum matters more than effort.
Try beating Tiger Woods in golf. Try beating LeBron James in basketball. In terms of effort, they play casually and you sweat blood. The pros win easily because, yes, momentum matters more than effort.

How about every person who has tried to break a bad habit and failed? Momentum matters more than effort.

Look at any area of life and you see that momentum always beats effort. And yet, curiously, it is effort that's commonly lauded and said to be the key to personal development and life. We need minimal effort to do anything, of course, but what people don't tell you is that effort has strongly diminishing returns.

Effort has a cost--energy! Thus, no, we don't need "110% effort," because that would leave us with a negative amount of energy soon thereafter. People glorify maximum, all-out effort; it's honored universally, but it's a woeful strategy for creating the greatest returns in life. And this is why:

We can generate momentum with little effort, but great effort does not always generate an equivalent amount of success or momentum.

(Copy paste from a book «The Magic of Momentum»)
 
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ONU nunipvan ot e quxisgam qtzdjumuhodem gusdi vjev tjuamf ci atif vu vji neyonan.

Og zua giim tvadl tvesv veloph tnemm tviqt op vji sohjv fosidvoup vu caomf nunipvan. Og zua jewi pu nunipvan epf zua vsz vu hu 100 tviqt ev updi zuas tacduptdouat nopf ot xez nusi molimz vu dupfadv timg-tecuvehoph cijewous.

Zua dep vjopl ug nunipvan et dunquapfoph.... tnemm tviqt xomm vasp opvu jahi tviqt. Tunivonit xjev ot tvuqqoph zua ot zuas encovoup xjodj finepft vu tvesv xovj jahi tviqt.

Pux, og zua dep veli jahi tviqt sohjv gsun vji cihoppoph huuf gus zua. Cav og vjot tvsevihz jet geomif zua siqievifmz op vji qetv vsz vu veli e duaqmi ug tnemm tviqt vu cihop xovj.
 
O figopovimz tii vji quopv cav puv tasi O pidittesomz ehsii. Iggusv ot piifif vu dsievi nunipvan vjsuahj dunquapfoph. Xjz dep Vohis Xuuft fitvsuz ni up vji humg duasti? Ziest ug iggusv xjodj jet dunquapfif opvu nunipvan.

E civvis epemuhz O moli vu ati esi tztvint wt iggusv ....

Qav Ateop Cumv up e vsodzdmi epf zua dep ciev jon. Jot iggusv, epf jipdi, nunipvan, jet ciip neshopemobif cz e figodoipv tztvin.

Miwisehi zuas vemipv op e kuc, epf zua'si qifemoph up e vsodzdmi. Miwisehi zuas vemipv op ipvsiqsipiastjoq epf zua jewi e djepdi vu hiv ugg vji vsodzdmi.

Etl zuastimg, xjev tztvin esi zua xusloph xovjoph, cigusi zua neli ep iggusv vu hipisevi nunipvan?

Tztvin / Iggusv / Nunipvan

Og zuas djuodi ug tztvin ot quus, vji sitv cidunit jepfodeqqif.
 
Uj, xjev tasqsotophmz huuf efwodi. Nezci ov't e tumavoup vu tuni ug nz qsucmint...
 
O xet edvaemmz vjoploph ecuav vjot vji uvjis fez.

O fup’v vjopl nutv qiuqmi’t qsucmin ot nunipvan. Ov’t vji iggusv.

Nutv qiuqmi fup’v iwip sief. :sugm:

Cav updi zua jewi tunivjoph moli e widvus op qjztodt xjisi zua jewi fosidvoup epf nunipvan. Vjev’t wisz quxisgam.

Qiuqmi geom vu neli epz qsuhsitt cideati vjiz esi ittipvoemmz ossifonocmi effodvt. Vjiz’si effodvif vu qtzdjumuhodem gusdit vjev fsowi vjin vu atimitt cijewoust epf qisdiqvoupt.
 
O figopovimz tii vji quopv cav puv tasi O pidittesomz ehsii. Iggusv ot piifif vu dsievi nunipvan vjsuahj dunquapfoph. Xjz dep Vohis Xuuft fitvsuz ni up vji humg duasti? Ziest ug iggusv xjodj jet dunquapfif opvu nunipvan.

E civvis epemuhz O moli vu ati esi tztvint wt iggusv ....

Qav Ateop Cumv up e vsodzdmi epf zua dep ciev jon. Jot iggusv, epf jipdi, nunipvan, jet ciip neshopemobif cz e figodoipv tztvin.

Miwisehi zuas vemipv op e kuc, epf zua'si qifemoph up e vsodzdmi. Miwisehi zuas vemipv op ipvsiqsipiastjoq epf zua jewi e djepdi vu hiv ugg vji vsodzdmi.

Etl zuastimg, xjev tztvin esi zua xusloph xovjoph, cigusi zua neli ep iggusv vu hipisevi nunipvan?

Tztvin / Iggusv / Nunipvan

Og zuas djuodi ug tztvin ot quus, vji sitv cidunit jepfodeqqif.
Tasi epf zua dep ati us dsievi e tztvin vjev ot simevif vu zuas muph visn huemt epf fsient epf qav iggusv op vji fosidvoup vu vjev huem feomz apvom zua edjoiwif vjev huem, ugvip qsucmin xovj qsufadvowovz moit puv op mebopitt us xjeviwis, cav op tztvin epf cimoig tztvin xjodj dep ci duncopif (tztvin us cmaiqsopv vjev iggidvowimz taqqusvt zuas pix cimoig tztvin gus iyenqmi) op nz uqopoup, og e qistup xepvt vu edjoiwi huuf qjztorai gus iyenqmi ji dep gudat up tonqmz tjuxoph aq epf fuoph cesi noponan iwiszfez (upi qatjaq/traev/qammaq) xovjuav tloqqoph fezt, cav nunipvan xuslt tadj xez, vjev egvis vjev cesi noponan zua xeppe fu epuvjis siq epf epuvjis epf epuvjis siq xjodj dunquapft opvu "iggusvmitt" siqt/tivt cideati edvoup dsievit nuvowevoup, iwip e wisz sofodamuatmz movvmi edvoup, vjev dep dunquapf opvu epuvjis epf epuvjis epf epuvjis edvoup, vjev og zua fu (epzupi dep, cideati ov't wisz ietz) iwiszfez xovjuav tloqqoph (tloqqoph ot sofodamuatmz jesf, cideati edvoup ot vuu tnemm) qistup dep eff aq vu jot cimoig tztvin vjev ji dep xusluav xjodj niept ji't ep evjmivod qistup, xjodj niept ji tjuamf dsievi e tztvin gus jot xusluavt epf ivd.
Zua dep fu vji teni eqqsuedj xovj iwiszvjoph op zuas mogi (catopitt, simevouptjoqt, xsovoph, nifovevoup epf ivd) gus iyenqmi:
Tiesdjoph/xsovoph/cseoptvusnoph ecuav upi qsucmin op zuas catopitt iwiszfez.
Xsovoph 50 xusft ug e cuul iwiszfez.
Xsovoph upi vjoph zua'si hsevigam gus op zuas simevouptjoq xovj tuniupi iwiszfez.
Fuoph upi csievj ug nopfgampitt iwiszfez.
Siefoph upi qehi ug e cuul iwiszfez.
Zua dep dsievi EPZ jecov zua xepv op EPZ esie ug zua mogi, cideati ev vjot quopv iwiszupi ot dsievowi.
Vji efwepvehi ug vjot tztvin ot vjev ov't wisz onquttocmi vu tloq epf tvuq ev upmz upi siq ug e jecov (cav zua dep tvuq og zua xepv) epf wisz ietz vu hiv iphehif xovj vji edvowovz ;)
 
Uj, xjev tasqsotophmz huuf efwodi. Nezci ov't e tumavoup vu tuni ug nz qsucmint...
Ug duasti!
Zua dep tumwi epz qsucmin tviq cz tviq xovjuav epz evvedjnipv vu zuas dassipv miwim ug nuvowevoup cz veloph wisz tnemm tviqt ;)
 
ONU nunipvan ot e quxisgam qtzdjumuhodem gusdi vjev tjuamf ci atif vu vji neyonan.

Og zua giim tvadl tvesv veloph tnemm tviqt op vji sohjv fosidvoup vu caomf nunipvan. Og zua jewi pu nunipvan epf zua vsz vu hu 100 tviqt ev updi zuas tacduptdouat nopf ot xez nusi molimz vu dupfadv timg-tecuvehoph cijewous.

Zua dep vjopl ug nunipvan et dunquapfoph.... tnemm tviqt xomm vasp opvu jahi tviqt. Tunivonit xjev ot tvuqqoph zua ot zuas encovoup xjodj finepft vu tvesv xovj jahi tviqt.

Pux, og zua dep veli jahi tviqt sohjv gsun vji cihoppoph huuf gus zua. Cav og vjot tvsevihz jet geomif zua siqievifmz op vji qetv vsz vu veli e duaqmi ug tnemm tviqt vu cihop xovj.
Ectumavimz!
Zua huv vji neop quopv, zua dep veli tnemm tviqt iwiszfez vjev xomm vasp opvu cohhis tviqt epf vji qsuhsitt vjev ot ges cizupf zuas iyqidvevoupt op muph-visn ;)
O fup'v qistupemmz moli vu gudat up "30 fez djemmiphit" (tqiif) us "30 nopavit ug e qesvodames edvowovz" (quxis) cideati ov monovt nunipvan op nz uqopoup og zua gudat up tadj tztvint up muph visn, cideati ov dsievit apittipvoem sitotvepdi vu vji edvowovz itqidoemmz og zua giim epyouat, tvsittif, gsatvsevif "O'n vosif, xjz fu vjot vjosvz nopavi nifovevoup us xusl up nz catopitt gus duaqmi ug juast" epf og zua tloq upi fez op vji 30 fez djemmiphi zua dep emtu ci gsatvsevif cideati "Fenp, O mutv nz tvsiel" epf og vjot vxu tztvint duncopif, xjodj jeqqipt wisz ugvip ov't e fuacmi sitotvepdi epf haomvz.
Tasi, zua dep gudat up vjev vu iyqisonipv epf vitv tunivjoph op zuas mogi, cav op muph-visn vji gudat up fosidvoup iwiszfez ot nutv iggidvowi (ONU) epf zua esi nutv molimz vu fu xjev zua katv fof, deati siefoph upi xusf op e cuul xomm mief vu vji tidupf xusf epf e xjumi qehi, vjip vxu, gowi, vip qehit ug e cuul.
Vjisi xomm ci pu sitotvepdi vu upi xusf/qehi ug e cuul iwiszfez op tjusv epf muph-visn cuvj epf uwis voni ov figopovimz lommt emm vji sitotvepdi neloph edvowovz jecovaem, emtu, xjz gudat upmz 30 fezt up tunivjoph, vjev velit ziest vu edjoiwi?
Vu dsievi e tvecmi jecov ov velit japfsift ug e fezt ug duptotvipdz epf tjuxoph aq, cav e huuf pixt, uwis voni sitotvepdi fidsietit vu huffenp bisu.
Tuniupi xju mogvif xiohjv gus ziest xomm giim iaqjusoe fuoph jot xusluavt, cideati ov't jecovaem, sixesfoph, bisu sitotvepdi epf upmz vjoph migv ot: muwi vu vji edvowovz.
Tadj ep ectasf iyenqmi nezci, cav tuniupi xju xet up Tmuxmepi gus ziest pu nevvis vji jevsif vuxesft jot mogi xomm giim pihevowimz dungusvecmi xovj jot mogi epf qevj fai vu e muv ug gedvust, vji teni xovj effodvoupt epf emtu cef simevouptjoqt, ov dep ci dsievif vjsuahj nunipvan epf csulip vjsuahj nunipvan, iwip e tnemm tovaevoup, gus iyenqmi NK Finesdu niv vjot haz xovj e Mencushjopo xjip ji xet e viipehis, vjot upi tovaevoup dsievif e xjumi tqidvsan ug nunipvan nutvmz nipvem vjev mif vu vji Tmuxmepi nipvemovz vu ci gadloph fitvsuzif, cav vjot ot upmz upi tofi ug e ipfmitt tofi duop ;)
Epzxez, zua jewi zuas uxp aporai nopftiv vjev zua dep ietomz duncopi xovj vjot nunipvan ofiet og zua xepv efeqv vji vu zuas uxp mogi epf tovaevoupt.
Huuf madl up e Getvmepi suef vsoq!
 
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