Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

This book was a pleasure to read; a pleasant surprise after Essentialism. I liked the book but I thought it was needlessly long. This book, on the other hand, is filled with crisp topics covering each of the aspects on point. I find myself agreeing with the author in the introduction that essentialism is one thing: it is fine (and maybe even easy) to limit ourselves to only the most important things; you know, the big rocks in the jar. But sometimes there are so many big rocks that the jar overflows anyway.

“Effortless” addresses this by looking at a variety of different aspects of life and how do you begin making that rock smaller. It begins with describing the Effortless State, goes on to talk about Effortless Action, and finishes with Effortless Results. The labels are mostly arbitrary, IMHO, but they are still a useful way to think about the different areas of our lives where we could rethink how we think about our efforts.

I'm glad I read this book and the repeated summary after each section in the book is highly useful. I am going to store that in my notes and recapture the essence of the book any time I want.