Reduce friction

August 2019

Doing less more often is nice.
It exposes friction.
Reducing friction is good.
You can do more with less friction.
A lot more.

Opportunities for reducing friction

Here are a few obvious sources of friction:

Recurring thoughts
Unfinished tasks
Social media
Junk food
Broken things
Unhealthy relationships
Lies
Debt
Health and hygiene
Even friction

A not intuitive reality about mental effort

Any reduction in friction reduces the level of mental effort required to be and do.
All thinking and doing requires mental energy.
Friction anywhere hurts performance everywhere.
It doesn’t have to be related to the work you’re doing.

Reducing mental effort anywhere in your life will improve your performance everywhere in your life.