So often, what determines the degree of effort we expend in any given situation is the outcome we believe we’ll get.
But this kind of in-it-for-myself, false intelligence compromises our ability to create, produces pressure on “important” points, and diminishes all other moments.
We sacrifice the creative state thinking we’re clever. This very way of thinking operates under the assumption that more is better. And more effort IS better, but really, effortless is best.
We’re so thoroughly convinced the opportunity is in what I can get. When in reality, the opportunity is in what you can give. It’s in the giving that you experience the moment, engage the point, expand your game, and enjoy the journey. It’s been said the journey is the destination. It’s also been said, you get what you give.
“Trying to get what you lack” is an effortful process that can only end in eventual burnout.
“Giving what you have” is an effortless process that ignites your very highest capabilities.
What’s truly important is what you HAVE, now. It’s the culmination of what was, and the basis of what will be.
Unleashing what you have is how you bring about the highest level of play you can. The problem is, our attention is so conditioned, so trained, to identify what’s “important”, in order to pursue it, attain it, achieve it, but, no matter how fast you run on the treadmill, you will never reach the carrot.
Self-improvement in many ways is a fallacy. The high achieving individual doesn’t like to hear this. But again, collecting higher achievement may be better, but being where you are is best. Being where you presently are, is the only the way to display your full present capability. It’s the only way to unlock the peak play that’s built in to who you are. The improved self is already present, waiting to wake up to what’s possible.
When we allow our self-worth to be tied to the outcomes we can produce, that’s a game only our insecure self will play. Our genius will not.
The genius you are cannot come alive for some future moment. The genius won’t take up the chase for external validation. The genius is no slave to the outcome. The genius you are doesn’t take commands. It takes command. Stays in command. Doesn’t force the flow, but feels the force. The genius remains in recognition of the power you presently hold.
And without your genius you’re not a contender, you’re a pretender. Without your genius you’re a fake version of yourself, a robot preprogrammed to endlessly chase success. Your game gets stale. You’re trying to be perfect. You’re measuring yourself against standards you were taught.
You’re fixated on what you’re not, what needs to be better, where you think you’re going. And you’re using effort to fuel these missions which only serve to satisfy your ego, ultimately sabotaging your entire process.
You’re a genius. You’re meant to create. This more is better, rah-rah culture convinces you to keep adding more hours and reps.
But what if you subtract?
What if you let go of all the effort seeking to change, fix, improve, or solve yourself. The effort that often inhibits your natural genius. The effort that often interferes with your natural ability to play?
What if it was as simple as:
“stop trying to be different”
“stop trying to change yourself”
“stop trying to get ‘better’”
I mean you have to cease those activities in order to feel the full force of your present self. Isn’t that the logical action to position yourself to live life more fully, or play the point more fully?
You can’t be using effort to work against yourself AND be your best self at the same time.
Effortful action is so busy trying to get somewhere, it’s lost sight of “becoming”. You don’t “become” someone when you achieve something in the future, you already are someone. And the one you are, the genius you are, “comes into being” in the moment you stand in. It’s by occupying the place of change, the moment, that life becomes your teacher and you become the master.
Only now, you hold the power to focus on what you have, who you are. The very act of looking inward reorganizes what’s important to you, repositioning the expression of your unique potential as the worthwhile pursuit.
Every outcome you’ll ever desire is in the future, and none can compare to the creative potential presently in your possession.
It’s time you un-cover and dis-cover the unique gifts you were given. Every person is creative in nature. And it’s not through effort that we create. It’s through our very presence we bring about something the world has never seen before.
Authentic expression is action for its own sake. No ulterior motive or agenda. It takes no effort to be yourself. Playing for the love of the game unlocks the inner freedom we crave. The inner freedom that our highest potential shines forth from.
Less effort, less trying, less forcing, less wanting, less worrying, less thinking, less changing.
More you.
Right now.
