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The Paradox of Effort
Episode 110

The Paradox of Effort

Curiosity Chronicle

May 9, 20238m 15s

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Show Notes

While in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, I got into a long conversation with a friend and mentor on one particularly impressive facet of the show: The effortless air about Buffett and Munger's entire performance, the ease and elegance with which they operate in what looks like a pressure-packed situation.

The term sprezzatura has come to be defined as a "studied carelessness" in the modern English language. I think of it as earned effortlessness.

The Paradox of Effort: You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless. Effortless, elegant performances are often just the result of a large volume of effortful, gritty practice. Small things become big things. Simple is not simple.

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