Success & Resilience - When Ease leads
- Andreas Ulrich
- Sep 18
- 1 min read
We often mistake performance for pressure. In reality, the winners make the work light enough to repeat. Ease doesn’t happen by accident—it’s friction design: remove drag, add clarity. Ask this of every project: “Could this be simpler and truer to the goal?”
Most of the time, the answer means fewer decisions, fewer context switches, and fewer “nice-to-haves.”
Three levers to create ease now
One-sentence vision: a line you can feel. It makes trade-offs obvious.
Fewer goals: max three per quarter—measurable, impact-proximate, clearly distinct.
Rituals over willpower: “dumb-easy” starters (10-minute kickoff, 2×50-minute focus windows, templates for recurring tasks).
Why this builds resilience
When the path is clear and light, consistency becomes a habit.
That’s everyday resilience: being able to keep going without needing a heroic run-up each time.

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