Paradoxical Problems: When Hard Work Doesn’t Work

While expending more effort, especially more mental effort, is helpful in 9 out of 10 problems, we should accept the fact that this strategy doesn’t always work. And in fact, it occasionally makes things worse.

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[MisterE]

Love the quote at the end, "To a hammer everything looks like a nail, but sometimes life gives us screws".

[EvolvedTeachings]

I remember B.H. Liddell Hart explaining how in strategy, the longest way around is often the shortest way there. He has a good point, as a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.

[hunterentrepreneur]

"To a hammer everything looks like a nail, but sometimes life gives us screws". Powerful!

[coachbahman]

Hard work only tires you out.. work smart!

[WilliamJonesChess]

Alan Watts: Backwards Law: said something along the lines of: The harder you try to get something, the more it reinforces the fact that you lack it.

[titlespree]

Much of the progress in the world came from innovation and creative thinking.
Working smart, then, is the key and the basis to getting ahead in any arena!
But couple working smart with working as hard as humanly possible.. And the results you get become astronomical... 🔥🔥

[kingjia]

Hard Work is good, only for the employer :D

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

One thing more important than trying harder is having the right strategy to accomplish her goal. 🔥🔥🔥

[patriotic_salt]

Hard work is great but will never beat "smart work"...People hire the most skill people to solve problems(plumbing, electric, car etc.)and solve them faster

The question of life, stress, and work/rest cycles is not really about those areas until you answer:
Purpose
What am I created for? Are you doing that? Do you get enjoyment out of the hard work towards goals?
Is what you are doing good for me, others, and society? Do you have a destination/dream/ vision you are working towards
Most people get terrible sleep due to not fulfilling their purpose, bad eating/ sleep habits, and no real vision or goal

When you sleep you should be so tired with excited celebration, all energy gone, fulfilled, and amazing sleep will happen

[hunnybean]

I worked so hard in my school work, i did more than10 hour days during my exams and i still did so awful. It was a moment of realisation for me, life is unfair

[MotiveVideoBook]

We really need to be flexible in dealing with problems instead of blindly working hard-

[relaxingaffirmation]

"Prepare for none of it won't work" from the book obstacle is the way . The important is we do our best even it didn't work.

[SammyAme]

For me working hard *and* smart really is the key
Edit: i always think if there's a way to do a certain task with better results but with less effort. Sometimes there is, making working hard stupid.

[Waynimations]

Applying this to my animations have really helped me out. Sometimes I spend like 8 hours on a scene and it ends up being crap. other times I spend like 2 hours and it turns out better.

[AussieMoneyMan]

It's hard to accept because it takes a lot of energy and mental drainage to accept that we need to change what we do.

[heylookitsummer]

On the note of falling asleep, focused breathing has never failed me, and usually if my mind starts imagining a plot it quickly becomes a dream and I fall asleep, so I've begun (when I'm struggling to fall asleep) giving myself scenarios like "walking around rome" or something and just letting the dream begin.

[TheLifeFormulaa]

Hustle is great but you need a plan and to always measure your results so you can improve

[Hawqer]

"You cant afford food? Just work harder, issue solved"

"You're depressed? Just dont be depressed, issue solved"

"You're homeless? Just go to college and stop being lazy"

"You cant jump over this 10 feet wall? Just try jumping higher"

[rimmongeorge]

Thanks for the video, you touched the core of my problem with sleeping for more than 4 years. Thanks

[OlgaKuznetsova]

That makes so much sense, in regards to not being able to fall asleep. And I literally just experienced the phenomenon you were describing. As I was typing the comment, I made a typo, and I kept tying to click on the typo, but my mouse pad was being weird and not clicking, so I clicked harder and nothing. Then I realized, my pinky was touching the end of the mouse pad and throwing the clicking off! Work smarter, not harder! XD