Can i just post it here? If so then here's an example - Title: you're losing big opportunities by putting in more effort. Imagine it's 3 am in the middle of the night, turns out you've been working from 6 in the morning but still barely able to finish half of the tasks you assigned or allocated to yourself. The problem you might think is that "Oh, i didn't do enough" or "I should push myself harder" but wait, what if i tell you it's not. What if i tell you the more effort you put-in that way, the worse it is for you in the long-term. Yes, just as you heard. Sometimes, Doing more can do more harm than good. You will ask then "What am i to do?" and the answer is simple, you must first find your problem and identify an approach to the problem that works. Let me explain, You're confusing "progress" for being "busy" by thinking "I've been productive if i have been doing work all day long" in this case you may not have been as productive as you'd thought. Then here what is the problem? The problem might be your thinking (that you're doing a lot just based on a feeling) Before you find a solution to a problem you must know 'what' the problem actually is. You might say "I know what my problem is, it's not being able to complete all my tasks" or "Not being able to see progress inspite of doing so much" but is that really the problem? or is the problem in your approach to all this. You see in physics, the first thing you do after you see a problem, is to find an approach to it. i.e. know what to do with it, if your approach is wrong then that means no matter how much you try in solving the problem you won't find an answer. What you will find instead, is a lot of furustration and anguish. Feel free to leave your thoughts about this in the comment section.   submitted by   /u/DryArticle3447 [link]   [comments]