Stop trying so hard at things that don't matter to you, and start trying at things that do.

Sometimes you'll take an authentic decision, and you wanna know if you've taken it right or wrong. Symptoms that you've take a downstream effort path are:- <ol><li>Time will start to become broken. You'll start to be in the ""flow" state. </li><li>synchronicity- right things/people will start to be at the right lace at the right time. Stay in this pah. authentic success may follow this path. But sometimes it is necessary to move upstram effort like doing a PhD etc. Ask yourself for the same.</li></ol>Don't try hard.

upstream effort- effort exerted opposite to the flow of life.downstram effort- effort exerted in the flow of life.Top performers have a very clear idea of how they wanna feel everyday. They don't try harder when hit obstacle. They re-memorize. what are their core values. What are your core values what do you wanna feel.Now, It's time to bring these values and feelings/emotions to the outer world. Act according to these values and feelings. Sometimes the choices of the decision will be against. But you need to take them Ex- quitting a famous job if it doesn't align with your values and feelings

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Bethany Butzer, Author, Speaker, Researcher & Lecturer at the University of New York in Prague explains the concept of "down stream effort" and how to live life and achieve goals effectively and efficiently without over exertion. The majority of Bethany’s professional work involves teaching, writing, and doing research in the field of positive psychology, which emphasizes the development of human strength and potential. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Bethany has worked in the corporate world and in academia, and she has also spent several years as an entrepreneur. From 2013 to 2015 she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School, where she studied the effects of yoga in school settings. Bethany currently lives in Prague, where she is teaching an undergraduate positive psychology course at the University of New York in Prague and continuing to study yoga and mindfulness for youth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Bethany Butzer, Author, Speaker, Researcher & Lecturer at the University of New York in Prague explains the concept of "down stream effort" and how to live life and achieve goals effectively and efficiently without over exertion.  The majority of Bethany’s professional work involves teaching, writing, and doing research in the field of positive psychology, which emphasizes the development of human strength and potential. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Bethany has worked in the corporate world and in academia, and she has also spent several years as an entrepreneur. From 2013 to 2015 she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School, where she studied the effects of yoga in school settings.

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