If You Want to Give It Your All at Work, Give 85% Effort
The top athletes on the planet know they can’t give 100% all the time. Instead, they give 85% effort. They only give 100% when necessary.
As counterintuitive as this may sound, you don’t do your best when you give your 100%. You can function better when you perform below your peak capacity. It gives you some breathing room to relax.
Should you follow the same principle with your own work performance?
Retaining your energy and pushing yourself selectively could mean delivering better results when you need a surge of performance at work.
Giving 85% is the best way to give it your all at work. Top performance doesn’t happen when you are constantly giving 100% effort.
Pushing yourself to the max for long periods of time, with no rest, is a quick way to hurt yourself and burnout.
Balancing surges in work performance with breaks will gradually increase your power, resistance, and speed without having to work as hard.
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