Book Excerpt:

The Path of Least

Resistance

Over 20 years ago I read the book, The Path

of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the

Creative Force in Your Own Life by Robert

Fritz,and it’s had a long-term effect on my

thinking. In the book, Fritz makes the point that the path of least resistance is the way of nature. All nature. Water, wind, electrical current—everything, including each of us—follows the path of least resistance.

But as a society in general, we sure don’t value that idea. We think the path of least resistance is for wimps.

Fritz makes the case for creating new structures in your life that lead you where you want to go following the path of least resistance—instead of trying to force yourself to do things you don’t want to do.

What that means is that instead of trying to force yourself to do something you are procrastinating about, you look for ways to change the underlying structure of how you go about doing the work so that taking the path of least resistance easily leads you to where you want to go.

The FocusCatalysts in this book are all tools you can use to create those kinds of new structures so you automatically go in the productive, creative direction you want to go.

Put another way, FocusCatalysts are designed to use your natural desires (including or rebellion and adventure) to make you more effectively productive. So you can stop fighting your natural tendencies and instead use them to get you where you want to go.

Take a look at the seven FocusCatalysts in this book, pick one and try it. And find out for yourself if it can make your work more effective, creative...and fun.

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