Do you want to live an easy, effortless life without stress and worry? What are some things you can do to de-stress your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how productive or successful you are, there are always ways to make life easier for yourself. By taking the easiest path, you can be healthier, happier, and more productive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s how to make your life easier by implementing the Effortless <\/em>principles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n In Effortless<\/em>, business strategist and public speaker Greg McKeown gives advice on how to make your life easier and less stressful. In our professional and personal lives, we\u2019re often taught that to achieve results, we must work as hard as we possibly can. McKeown says that it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. What if we instead found easier routes to success and integrated them into our lives? In Effortless<\/em>, McKeown explains how to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make things easier on yourself, McKeown recommends automating as many essential tasks in your life as possible. Automating tasks<\/a> helps you avoid forgetting important things and can make the complexities of life more manageable. Write down important meetings on a calendar. Set up automatic payments for bills and other recurring payments. If a job requires you to perform a complex task, make a checklist of all the things you need to do. You have access to information, technology, and procedures to make our lives easier. Use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Shortform note: In Getting Things Done<\/em><\/a>, which also looks at the importance of automating tasks, David Allen gives three main reasons modern culture requires more extensive automation<\/a>. First, employees are often asked to work outside of the normal eight-hour, in-office schedule. Work takes up much more space and time in people\u2019s lives. Second, most work today is more abstract than in the industrial jobs of the past. The tasks we\u2019re asked to complete are more numerous and less clearly defined. Third, people today are in constant communication, adding more work to our already full schedules.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n McKeown argues that it\u2019s much more cost-effective to solve or prevent a problem than to contain it<\/strong>. No matter how small or insignificant a problem may seem, if you fix it, you\u2019ll save yourself a lot of time and effort in the long run. Patch your leaky tire instead of adding air every week. Fix the wobbly desk rather than deal with the daily annoyance. Get in the habit of fixing issues, and you\u2019ll make things much easier on yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While fixing problems is helpful, McKeown reminds us that taking the time to prevent them can save you even more trouble. While this may seem obvious, people have trouble recognizing how the things they\u2019re doing today might impact them in the future. McKeown advises looking for ways to prevent issues from arising. This approach can be applied to problems large and small. Live an active lifestyle and you\u2019re much less likely to suffer health problems later in life. Put felt protectors on your furniture and you won\u2019t damage your floor. Ask yourself: What can I do today <\/em>to help myself tomorrow<\/em>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n of this notion will help you produce more with less effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\nEffortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Make Things Automatic <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Solve Problems Before They Arise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Build and Maintain Trustful Relationships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n