You begin every day with the goal of being fully productive, fully present, and fully engaged in your work.

But for the moment you hear the alarm, a thousand small interruptions hamper your progress.

It feels as if some unseen force resists your every move.

Your energy level is low, so you hit snooze. Just one time.

Then you wonder if you can still squeeze in a workout.

After chiding yourself for a minute or two, you decide to skip the run.

You sort through the dryer looking for a clean pair of socks.

While munching down a bagel, you sneak a look on Facebook to see if anybody liked your last post.

Then you click on celebrity diet secrets. Then a news article. Then you check email.

You might drive a little too fast so you can hit Starbucks before work, but you're still 10 minutes late.

Even before you sit down at your desk, you're already stressed, already behind on your day, and feeling overwhelmed.

And it's only Monday.

By the end of the week, you've given up on your most important priorities, worked late twice, and have settled for the seemingly unreachable goal of getting caught up on your email by 5pm.

After another weekend that went by way too fast, you hit the snooze button again and start the process all over.

Is there a hidden force trying to sabotage your productivity?

In fact, there is. Authors Steven Pressfield calls it the resistance, but a physicist would refer to it as friction.

Friction is the force that resists the motion of one surface against another, and it works against you as you move through the morning and into the workday.

Friction results in a loss of energy, and it produces heat.

That's why you begin each day feeling drained and arrive for work in the fever of what feels like a battle.

What if you could reduce the friction? What if you could add a layer of lubrication to your day that would reduce the forces working against you?

Engineers have recently developed a compound of boron, aluminum, and magnesium called BAM for short.

BAM!

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