Stop trying so hard. Achieve more by doing less. | Bethany Butzer | TEDxUNYP

upstream effort- effort exerted opposite to the flow of life.

downstram effort- effort exerted in the flow of life.

Top performers have a very clear idea of how they wanna feel everyday. They don't try harder when hit obstacle. They re-memorize. what are their core values. What are your core values what do you wanna feel.

Now, It's time to bring these values and feelings/emotions to the outer world. Act according to these values and feelings. Sometimes the choices of the decision will be against. But you need to take them Ex- quitting a famous job if it doesn't align with your values and feelings

Stop trying so hard at things that don't matter to you, and start trying at things that do.

Sometimes you'll take an authentic decision, and you wanna know if you've taken it right or wrong. Symptoms that you've take a downstream effort path are:-

1. Time will start to become broken. You'll start to be in the ""flow" state.
2. synchronicity- right things/people will start to be at the right lace at the right time. Stay in this pah. authentic success may follow this path. But sometimes it is necessary to move upstram effort like doing a PhD etc. Ask yourself for the same.

Don't try hard.