I dig the area under the curve analogy. I’d bet that one of the reasons it often feels so tempting to aim for that momentary Maximum Effort is because that is the time that feels satisfying and rewarding. Even when I’m making significant progress in a part of my life, unless there are very blatant indications that I’m “doing a ton of work”, it’s hard for me to really feel like progress is being made. I agree whole heartedly that maximizing you sustainable average is the way to go, but it can be harder to milk satisfaction out of that.
I’m not sure how universal that experience is, but I’m guessing it could be behind a lot ones drive to max out. I’ve been working on creating some systems that help be clearly see the progress I’m making in order to keep up moral.
I dig the area under the curve analogy. I’d bet that one of the reasons it often feels so tempting to aim for that momentary Maximum Effort is because that is the time that feels satisfying and rewarding. Even when I’m making significant progress in a part of my life, unless there are very blatant indications that I’m “doing a ton of work”, it’s hard for me to really feel like progress is being made. I agree whole heartedly that maximizing you sustainable average is the way to go, but it can be harder to milk satisfaction out of that.
I’m not sure how universal that experience is, but I’m guessing it could be behind a lot ones drive to max out. I’ve been working on creating some systems that help be clearly see the progress I’m making in order to keep up moral.