“Adopt a “zero-draft” approach and just put some words, any words, on the page.” Progress: There is no point from shying away from a task.
Clearly defining what needs to be done would smoothen the process of effortless action.
Define: More of a visualization exercise, McKeown urges us to take sixty seconds to focus on the ultimate outcome. You overachieve without overexerting.” In order to engage in effortless action, McKeown suggests the employ of the following tools: You make progress by pacing yourself rather than powering through. You arrive at the point of completion without overthinking. You stop procrastinating and take the first obvious step. Part II of the book holds forth on “Effortless Action.” Effortless Action, according to McKeown, is “Effortless Action means accomplishing more by trying less. Do not do more today than you can completely recover from by tomorrow.” Slowing down the hectic and unrelenting pace at which one goes about one’s daily activities would also facilitate a swift transition to an effortless state. Combining tedious and passionate tasks would greatly assist. Coupled with the inversion principle are the facets of enjoyment, release, and rest. This inversion principle that uses an indirect approach allows for expediting seemingly hard tasks in a simple and expeditious manner. Instead of wondering “why is a task so difficult”, she just introspects on “how the task could be made simpler”. You are able to focus on what matters most with ease.” An effortless state is attained when the performer of a task ventures into the radical from the unconventional. You are completely aware, alert, present, attentive, and focused on what’s important in this moment. In the words of McKeown himself, “The Effortless State is an experience many of us have had when we are physically rested, emotionally unburdened, and mentally energized. The First Part deals with the notion of an ‘Effortless State’. The core philosophy underlying Effortless also involves getting the reader into an effortless state wherein by exerting minimal and almost spontaneous efforts, maximum results are obtained. In his own words, ““a state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it”. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi a Hungarian-American psychologist recognised and named the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. The book seems to have derived a major chunk of its inspiration from one of the most seminal psychological concepts, popularly termed as the “Flow’ state. Even though lightning does not strike twice in this case (unfortunately so), there are some unmistakably essential and compelling takeaways that the reader is left with to reflect upon. Greg McKeown, the best-selling author of Essentialism, a refreshingly optimistic and encouraging book, has come up with his highly anticipated second work, Effortless.
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