How to Make Work Feel Effortless
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Sometimes work can be a drag. You get caught up in trying to be more productive and suddenly your life turns into a series of to-do lists. You gauge your measure of success by how much you accomplish. You even determine how happy you allow yourself to be by how much you’ve gotten done in the day.
We spend a lot of time trying to find ways to be more productive. To do things faster, better, cheaper and spend our time more effectively. But instead of just doing more in less time, maybe we should focus on actually enjoying the work we’re doing instead.
Here are 8 ways to make work seem like less of a chore and more like a gift:
- Follow your natural rhythms. A lot of the time I resent working is because I’m trying to force myself to do something I don’t feel like doing. Naturally there will always be some things you’re not crazy about doing (like cleaning the toilet). But how often do you force yourself to work more, when you really want to relax? When you force yourself to work when you’ve promised yourself a break, you’ll likely just end up distracting yourself with other things and put off working. Then you get stressed and end up resenting work. Instead, follow your natural rhythms. When you feel like working, work. When you don’t, don’t. Don’t over complicate things.
- Do, don’t think. I’m going to stay true to this point and not think about writing something elaborate. Just do, stop thinking about it. Fail, make corrections later.
- Don’t put sugar in your tank. You wouldn’t put sugar in your gas tank right? It doesn’t make much sense to fill your body up with unhealthy fuel either. If you don’t have the energy to get the work you need to done, work will feel forced.
- Remove hidden roadblocks. What’s making you avoid working? What’s making your work seem like drudgery rather than joyful? It might have something to do with your beliefs about yourself. Maybe you believe you’re not good enough, smart enough or don’t have enough experience. Question your beliefs about what you can and can’t do.
- Only do your best. Work can easily become a chore when you’re trying to constantly be perfect. The truth is, some of your ideas might not be so great. Others will be mind blowing. If you can accept that and just do your best, you stop judging yourself. Guess what it feels like when you’re no longer picking over everything you do with a fine toothed comb? It feels extremely liberating. It feels like you can actually enjoy your experience, rather than worrying about how everything is going to turn out. That is working effortlessly.
- Act from your gut. When you think you have a great idea, believe it. Follow it. Chase it until you’re out of breath and can barely hold yourself up. Because if you don’t trust yourself, you’ll regret it later. The best way to live is to follow your intuition and trust life. If nothing else, trust yourself. Because if you can’t trust yourself, how can you trust your mistrust? That’s not very smart is it?
- Focus on what matters. Our minds are constantly pulling us in different directions. We have to wash the cat, buy more apple cinnamon oatmeal, finish writing that resignation letter to your no-longer-boss at your dead-end job, and all sorts of other things. We have a tendency to follow what’s urgent instead of what’s important. In order to get the important things done, we have to be ruthless at removing distractions. If it takes bringing a laptop (or notepad) to a cafe to write your grandiose novel, then do that. Avoid the vacuum of minutiae urgency. Remove all distractions so you can focus on the important things. I would much rather spend 4 hours working on an important project, then 4 hours spinning my wheels and scratching my head trying to figure out what I did today.
- Refuse to do what you don’t want to do. I often avoid working because I’m trying to do things I think I “should do.” I think I should read more because it will make me smarter. I think I should buy new clothes because it will make me cooler. I think I should work on this project because it will be good for my resume. Forget what you think you should do (except maybe… paying your rent). Do what you want to do. Other people will understand. In fact, they’ll probably envy you.
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Pls update about how to be more active and stay healthy
Learn to enjoy your work and then you will be more active and also remain healthy
AVOID MILK AS YOU AGE GRACEFULLY.
WALK IN THE EARLY MORNINGS WHILE YOU ENJOY THE BEATIFUL NATURE.
…this is what I call sheer laziness!
hey how cud you say that:) … its a nice article … its true..works.
Did you really ,like, read it? the whole thing, I mean.
I know the captions are a bit lazy -looking.,…don’t go by them .
Great Tips! I especially like the part on “Do, don’t think”. Yeah, sometimes we just think too much, worry too much.
Try and meditate also as part of the daily morning routine
Hi
Its good for every one
It’s true. Living life is much easier then losing life in making futile efforts. Feel life like floating river water and while watching two shores travel towards an oceanic experience!
nice 🙂
it is very nice
Really very nice, weldon..
and thank you
it is cool
good to read all these tips,
also these days money matter too much and life also has been effected that way,
therefore money should be treated in the way it should be …….
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Dont think ….hah ,
good idea ….despit it is a thought ..but dont think stressfully and take it easy always …when ever you have a thought regarding your work or job just be initiative and go for it follow your heart and never let the others thoughte affect your vision …..
Its tremendous. Hope it will be as it is in the future.
Dear Sir,I am 26 yrs old , I wake up early in the morning by 5 AM but imeadietly my mood turns to sleap
and again continue my sleaping upto 7.30 am, I was frustrated and loose my confident to do any work peacefully. Please me some tips to warmup my self at early morning .
Thanks & Regards
Ramachandran.
Hi!
Once you wake up at 5 am, pleae brush your teath / do your routine by 5.15 am, change and go out for a walk. If you continue for 2-3 days, you will enjoy to continue your morning walk and enjoy the nature and cooly breaze.
regards / mohans
Keep your Alarm little away from you so that you should move upto that point to switch it off and sit for some time. You can sit even on the same bed by the wall.
Hi…..It was really fantastic….
good thing to think
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Oooooooops Excellent tips,
To add to it
when u feel lethargic do not take too much tea ,coffee but take an apple or another . fruit of ur choice & feel the difference.
Great ,if only i could follow
Really very nice,
thank you
Its a very nice & informative tutorial u ‘ve written. It will be surely helpful if followed….
one can live with a body wieght ,if you live that life you will feel weighty,
one can just float around with a weighty mind , you will feel floating
flow ,
just flow
I was frustrating from life!
But know I can manage my life as well work more efficiently!
Thanks Karmicmantra.com
Make things happen!
keep changing your priorities for an interesting life.Walking is the best of all workouts.
ANY WORK WHAT WE DO IS NOT TOUGH NOR EASY! ITS ONLY HOW HAPPILY WE HANDLE. OUR LIFE IS NOT THE BED OF ROSES, ITS FULL OF STRUGGLE AS WELL AS FULL OF FUN. IT DEPENDS HOW WE ENJOY AND DO OUR WORKS EASILY AND HAPPILY.
SO ENJOY THE MOST AND THE FULLEST EVERY PART OF YOUR LIFE.
VERY INFORMATIVE & HEALP FULL
In Mahabharata when Yaksha asks questions,Dharmaraja answers them fittingly.
For a question WHICH IS FASTER THAN AIR, he replies MIND. The creature which does not close the eyes even when it is sleeping – FISH.
What is the easiest thing in Life – TO GIVE AN ADVICE TO OTHERS?
PREACHING IS EASY, PRACTICING IS DIFFICULT.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore (AP), India
Really very good tips, thanks for sharing
Dear sir, you wake up 5 am its good and then your mood turns to sleep so you can go out with your friends for jogging and excerise and do meditation.
Nice Post keep on updating more new things.
ya its really usefull tips in this corporate world
hi…to all friends…good tips for all…put in your,,real life…and enjoy….best luck……
Agree.. in addition try to spend a complete fulfilling day through spending some time on each of the following activities:
a. some reading and writing.. whatever u like
b. spending 15 min or so in meditation preferably in the morning .. whatever religion u follow.
c. give urself time for any physical exercise like swimming, jogging , cycling etc
d. give time to ur loved ones. ie family, friends
Just try these 4 options and u will feel a real sense of satisfaction
yes., philoshopy wise it sounds better but when you have responsibility to survive and to make two ends to meet your advise WORK WHILE YOU WORK AND PLAY OR SLEEP ETC.,ETC., NOT ATALL POSSIBLE.its not possible to judge or read some one mind. you have to be practile and at last sincier efforts hard work if followed by GOOD LUCK and after achiving every thing from life at any time of our age we or one can think about your 8 mantras in your words to pay house rent you have to work its liking or disliking,
Really nice,thanx a lot for sharing.
It is very nice
Thanks for good tips
Thinking should b in positive way
it was very wonderfull and very usefull for all,
THANKS
Good…..
apriciate if u can make ur life according to this.good job
hmmm it’s cool and all know these from their childhood but none applies them..:-(
I WILL TRY THESE
The trick is putting life in to our living…!Take ur Tommy for a walk every morning and not vice versa!Be considerate to others demands…but don’t demand consideration from others, simply because the former is ‘in your control’ where as the latter is not!If wife gives u food to your taste… do not ignore to give her some thing to her taste! Former is wife’s duty and latter is ur compassion!!! Leave a piece of Art on the canvas of life when you cease to exist! Love!!:-)).
Mrs malhotra
it is really amazing to watch the posts you are sending
my special thanks and I wish on the eve of Diwali -by the grace of divine you and your family members are blessed with good health long life,prosperity with abundance peace and happiness.
thnk u
ggreddy
Very nice article…… everyone should try to implement them in practice…… if not the whole at once…… at least to start with some. Jamal
Very impressive.
Appended Recent posts are useful & praise worthy
K.M.Ramanathan
apriciate if u can make ur life according to this.
Nice to read. I have practised some of these and found successful
me to found successful