Cost More Than They Look

Reward Concentration

Sweat

Swim Upstream

Things You Can Actually Choose

effort

blood

trying

donating blood

one-liner

persistence

Ludwig van Beethoven

blood donation

success

Chuck Norris

improvement

learning

self-improvement

skill

hard work

Corona Virus

quarantine

problem-solving

failure

nonsense question

step

ambition

giving up

accumulation

action

beginning

quitting

future

self-determination

self-reliance

self-responsibility

laziness

grit

lack of motivation

job interview

spilling

Taco Bell

ADHD

dating

relationship

battle of the sexes

being thoughtful

is like toothpaste: you can usually squeeze out just a little bit more.

like toothpaste: you can usually squeeze out just a little bit more.

is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort is itself happiness.

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness Leo Tolstoy

is about continuous forward movement.  Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

is invisible. No one understands that you have given everything ... so you must give more.

No one understands that you have given everything. You must give more.

is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.

Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.

is everything. Doing your best is more important than being the best.

Doing your best is more important than being the best. — Cathy Rigby's mom

is like medicine: half of it is useless or harmful, and the trick is to know which half.

Effort is like medicine: half of it is useless or harmful, and the trick is to know which half.

effort, n.All

effort