Stop Trying Too Hard

I know.  It has certainly been a good while.  

Editor of alampy's space is glad to report that things are generally in order and the only one who is not quite orderly is yours truly.

You will, I guess, be caught quite out of the blue to learn that I have discontinued blogging for the last week, with very minimal activity recorded in Facebook as well.   The experience for me seem to blur into one long episode of endless business meetings day in and day out.

So I took some time out to recuperate because I know like most things, when you try too hard, you fail. 

The same holds true in jobs.  In our efforts to reach the top, we spend endless hours working feverishly to dig ourselves into an ever-deeper rut. We take on more projects than we can effectively handle, we volunteer for extra work, or work extra hours in attempt to out-produce the competition, we have to speak up at meetings (even when we have nothing too relevant to add).  And the endless list stretches on to what seems like infinity - totally draining you out.    

It is like, sometimes we think that the kids will be very impressed with something you deliberately arranged for them, when they really don't care whether they are just playing with other kids in the hotel room or whether they are splashing around in the pool, or literally running up and down the stairs like maniacs. 


Like a black hole, trying too hard sucks in boundless energy and gives nothing back.  Eventually it begins to show. Instead of having a healthy quest for success, we develop a crushing fear of failure.  My golf is another fine example - you tried too hard, you hurt yourself.

The lesson to all this - Work smarter but not harder.   And stop trying too hard - period.