Hudson: Increasing enjoyment of your work directly increases energetic efficiency
Joe Hudson · How embracing your emotions will accelerate your career | Joe Hudson (Art of Accomplishment) · Aug 8, 2024 · at 40:48
Joe Hudson, executive coach and founder of Art of Accomplishment, discusses the relationship between personal enjoyment and productivity with Lenny Rachitsky.
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“What's efficient is if at the end of whatever you did, you feel like you have more energy, like you're stoked, like, oh, I can't wait to do this again tomorrow. That that's efficiency is that you've actually used the least amount of energy to get something done. So if you say, oh, I'm going to figure out how to enjoy what I do, 10% more than you and you succeed, you are 10% more efficient. Not only that, usually the quality is going to get a lot better too.”
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