Ever not given 100% when doing something?
Of course you have, we all have
Sometimes you put out a low amount of effort when you see your kitchen sink full of a small bacteria army, and other times you huff and puff as you drag yourself into the gym in the morning
Occasionally we find ourselves in a situation that is fairly routine, not ideal, and certainly would be avoided like the bubonic plague if possible
This is totally fine
I am not a huge purveyor of the idea, “give it 100% all the time 24/7 because you are doing yourself and society a disservice if you aren’t busting your ass all the time”
While it seems many self help people will say otherwise, I say don’t worry about putting worth your best effort on absolutely everything you do, as you will likely get drained very quickly
Don’t mistake my easy nature for a license to slack off though
There is some method to the madness of putting forth 100% of the effort the whole way through
Squeezing out those last percentage points on the things that truly matter in your life will make a drastic change in the quality of your life
Anyone who works out a lot will tell you the major difference between a 90% and 100% effort workout
All successful businessmen will tell you that it’s when a project got all of their focus and not just a portion of it that it truly succeeded
You need to take this “All or Nothing” philosophy to heart whenever you find yourself working on something that you know is important to who you are
Taking out the trash? Probably not
Writing in your journal? Probably yes
Make these distinctions, and don’t let your “half-ass” list get to long
Once you have a clear idea in your mind, it becomes painfully obvious that pushing out those last percentage points of effort will make all the difference in the world
It’s that final barrage of effort that turns an okay project into an awesome one
It’s the last push that makes your art a masterpiece
It’s one percentage point that wins the game instead of losing it
Fight for those last percentage points, and I swear you will notice a difference
100%
Gabriel
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