Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters

　　暢銷百萬冊著作《少，但是更好》作者最新目標實踐指南
　　獻給想實現目標、衝破瓶頸，卻欲振乏力的你
 
　   　你是否自覺已到了過勞臨界點？
       你是否感覺凡事都比過去更難解？
       你想做出更多貢獻，但精疲力竭？
       你急速向前，卻發現離目標更遠？
 
　　"在人盡過勞的世界裡，麥基昂的作品格外重要"---《紐約時報》暢銷作家Daniel H. Pink
　　"迎接這個恐懼、未知感、工作權責爆表的時代，本書來得正是時候"---Fair Play作者Eve Rodsky
 
　　作者告訴讀者突破重圍的簡單原則：萬事並非都得如此困難。
 
　　高成就者總是深信努力不懈才能成功：如果想完美達陣就必須奮力一搏，竭盡所能的思考和實踐。如果沒有耗盡所有精力，就表示自己做得還不夠。
 
　　但近年來勤奮工作比以往還使人筋疲力竭。我們消耗的資源越多，付出的心力就越多。陷入無止盡的「快速移動、吃飯、睡覺、重複」循環中，我們經常要加倍努力才得以實現一半的成就。
 
　　然而獲得成功並不一定得依循這麼艱難的途徑。面對各種挑戰或障礙都有更佳解方：與其更賣力地推動自己，不如找一條更好走的道路。
 
　　作者提供實用的建議，帶領讀者將最艱鉅的任務化繁為簡，讓讀者不用過勞也能達成自己的目標。書中的方法諸如：

• 將繁瑣的任務轉化為令人愉悅的日常儀式
• 在問題出現前解決問題以減少挫敗感
• 找到可持續的做事節奏，而不是堅持要一股作氣完成
• 聰明做對單次決定，減少未來得要面對的眾多選擇
• 消除非必要的做事步驟以簡化流程
• 讓關係更容易維持與經營

 
　　輕鬆的方法並非懶惰的方法，而是聰明的途徑，甚至可能是唯一解方。生活中不是每件事都會變得輕鬆，但是我們能讓最重要的事情變得更加容易實踐。(文/博客來編譯)

　　From the New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism comes a book devoted to a simple principle: getting great results doesn't have to be so hard.

　　Do you ever feel like

　　• things are so much harder than they need to be?
　　• you know something is important, yet struggle to get it done?
　　• you’re running faster but not moving closer to your goals?
　　• you’re teetering right on the edge of burnout?

　　We’ve been conditioned to believe that if we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. That if we aren’t perpetually exhausted, we’re not doing enough. But lately, working hard feels harder than ever. And the more depleted we get, the more effort it takes to make progress. As a result, we’re often working twice as hard only to achieve half as much.

　　There is a better way: Instead of pushing yourself harder, you can choose an easier path. Effortless offers a wealth of simple strategies for making the most essential activities the easiest ones, so you can achieve the results you want, without burning out.

　　Step 1: Get into the Effortless State.
　　Clear the mental clutter that makes it hard to focus.

　　Step 2: Take Effortless Action.
　　Simplify your processes to make the important work easier to do.

　　Step 3: Achieve Effortless Results.
　　Choose activities that deliver the most results from the least effort.

　　The effortless way isn’t the lazy way. It’s the smart way. These days, it may even be the only way.
　　Not every hard thing in life can be made easy. But we can make it easier to do more of what matters most.