GIVING 110% WILL KILL YOU
THOUGHTS
LET'S TALK
CAPACITY
YOU ONLY HAVE 100%
One of the most common (I have no source for this) scales referenced in regard to effort is 0-100%. 0% represents “you did absolutely nothing”, and 100% means “you did everything humanly possible to achieve the goal”.
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DEFINING 0
It’s generally impossible to do less than nothing. So, lets agree that the absolute least amount of effort you can put forth towards something is 0%.
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MAXIMAL EFFORT (ASYMPTOTE)
An asymptote of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero, but never fully reaches zero. In short? You can never quite give 100%... why?
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100% EFFORT
= DEATH
POTENTIAL EXAGGERATION (MAYBE)
If we use 100% of the available energy/resources in our body, chances are, we’re going to die. Since it’s safe to assume we want to avoid death, we likely want to give close to (but not all of) our maximum effort.
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TO
SUMMARIZE
SUMMARIZING EFFORT LIMITS
1.) It’s impossible to do less than nothing 2.) It’s impossible to give more than 100% without (in the simplest) sacrificing at least the quality of something or (in the most extreme) dying
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STRIVE FOR
100%
EVEN IF YOU NEVER GET THERE
It's ok to reach and strive for 100%, even if you know you'll never get there. You want to push yourself against your limits to constantly extend them. But please, let's kill the cliche of 110%.
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