{"id":12553,"date":"2023-09-19T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:15:50","slug":"is-it-wrong-to-lean-into-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasugacommunications.com\/ja\/is-it-wrong-to-lean-into-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Wrong To Lean Into Easy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to everyone who emailed me about last week\u2019s Sasuga! Tips For You newsletter: <\/span>How can you apply \u201cless effort\u201d in your work?<\/b><\/p>\n

If you missed it, you can<\/span> read it here on the Sasuga! blog<\/span><\/b><\/a> or on <\/span>LinkedIn articles<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

One lovely lady wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for explaining this concept so beautifully!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\nIt made me wonder if it\u2019s also about finding and leaning into those things that require less effort by you but could take others hours?\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Absolutely!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When something requires little effort from us, we can mistakenly believe that it\u2019s a breeze for others too.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what\u2019s easy and enjoyable for you may be tedious and time-consuming for others,<\/span><\/p>\n

That may not be enough to convince you to immediately abandon your hard-working habits and lean into less effort though, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s because, if you\u2019re like many of us, you were brought up being told that you have to work hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps you associate easy with lazy – and you don\u2019t want to be seen as lazy!<\/span><\/p>\n

You may have felt guilty when something was easy for you, but hard work for your colleagues?<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not advising you to always avoid what\u2019s difficult. After all, doing difficult things is how we step out of our comfort zones and grow.<\/span><\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re constantly stepping out of your comfort zone without giving yourself a chance to reenergize and without playing to your strengths, you\u2019re going to end up in the burnout zone. <\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever considered that we\u2019re often so unconsciously caught up in \u201cwhat will other people think of me?\u201d that we make our lives unnecessarily difficult and miss out on opportunities to let our true talents shine?<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m definitely talking from experience here. I used to be constantly concerned about how others saw me. It\u2019s only in more recent years that I\u2019ve started to embrace\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n