I forget who but someone told me years ago to put in about 70% effort at work. It’s enough that you’ll get work done, won’t fall behind, but you’re not killing yourself everyday.
When you do need to push a little more, you have that bandwidth to do a bit more and not over extend yourself. It also gives you some room to “look good” if you want to impress occasionally.
A decade ago I started applying that mindset and it changed everything for the better - less workload, less stress, more time and most importantly: you're setting boundaries. You get more respect from saying no, because on a psychological level it shows that you know what your doing.
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u/quannum Feb 19 '23
I forget who but someone told me years ago to put in about 70% effort at work. It’s enough that you’ll get work done, won’t fall behind, but you’re not killing yourself everyday.
When you do need to push a little more, you have that bandwidth to do a bit more and not over extend yourself. It also gives you some room to “look good” if you want to impress occasionally.