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Lately, I’ve been writing about improving energy. Recent essays include why we should manage energy rather than time, the saga of ego depletion research, and the paradoxical relationship between stress and energy. Today I want to talk about effort. Why do some tasks feel harder than others? And how can we make the hard work […]https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Effort2.jpg800600