Effective Challenge - The Podcast

This week's episode explores redefining "more is more." While we're familiar with the concept of "less is more," achieving more by doing less, it's important to identify higher-value activities and prioritize them. However, The allure of "more" is where we often find ourselves, influenced by cultural and psychological factors such as the busy trap, blurred work boundaries, and the impact of consumerism and social media. Surprisingly, having too many options can lead to decision fatigue, dissatisfaction, and anxiety, as we constantly wonder if there's a better choice. It can be similar when working longer hours to ‘keep up’ leading to poor decisions, a loss of perspective and memory impairment.   One contributing factor to pursuing "more" is the quest for fulfilment, rooted in our primal needs for safety, food, and shelter. Our bodies produce chemicals like dopamine that drive this pursuit, but in modern times we can find that we are pursuing material pos