The most powerful paradoxes of life.
1. The Productivity Paradox: Work longer, get less done.
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2. The Advice Paradox: Taking more advice can leave you less well-prepared.
3. The Wisdom Paradox: The more you learn, the less you know.
4. The Opportunity Paradox: Take on less, accomplish more.
5. The Boredom Paradox: The most creative, captivating ideas stem directly from periods of intense boredom.
6. The Social Media Paradox: More connectedness, less connected.
7. The Failure Paradox: You have to fail more to succeed more.
8. The Talking Paradox: Talk less, say more.
9. The Speed Paradox: Strong, reliable brakes allow you to go fast.
10. The Looking Paradox: Stop looking in order to find what you're looking for.
11. The Control Paradox: More controlling, less control.
12. The Persuasion Paradox: Argue less, persuade more.
13. The Fear Paradox: The thing we fear the most is often the thing we most need to do.
14. The Shrinking Paradox: Sometimes you need to shrink before you can grow.
15. The Effort Paradox: You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless.
16. The Money Paradox: You have to lose money to make money.
17. The News Paradox: The more news you consume, the less well-informed you are.
18. The Intelligence Paradox: Intelligence leads to stupidity.
19. The Death Paradox: Know your death to truly live your life.
20. The Growth Paradox: Growth takes a much longer time coming than you think, but then happens much faster than you ever thought possible.
These are the 20 most powerful paradoxes I've found.
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Roger Federer was the epitome of the Effort Paradox.
Effortless, elegant performances like this are just the result of an insanely large volume of effortful practice.
The unremarkable becomes remarkable.
Another classic story of the Effort Paradox: Picasso in the market.
What appeared to the untrained eye like an effortless wave of the hand was earned through years and years of effort and intensity.
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The Locksmith Paradox says that as the locksmith improves at his craft, the customers become upset by the lower time input required to deliver a fixed output.
The results are the same, but the perception of value changed.
This focus (time>results) plagues most companies.
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