3894: [Part 2] Law of Equal Effort: Do Big Things Without Burning Out by Tyler Tervooren of Riskology on Sustainable Growth

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3894: Tyler Tervooren explores how the Law of Equal Effort can help you build endurance in business, relationships, and life without burning out. By adjusting your output to match the terrain, whether you're climbing a hill or cruising downhill, you can sustain progress and avoid the trap of overexerting when it matters least. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.riskology.co/equal-effort-theory/ Quotes to ponder: "When it’s early on and everyone’s sprinting, hold yourself back and conserve energy. Near the end, deploy that energy while the people around you are slowing down." "You end up in a cycle where you’re working too hard when you should be slowing down and slacking off when you should be pushing harder." "If you carefully nurture things back to a good place, you can make tremendous progress during the happy times." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we start, I want to share a super powerful practice I use called NSDR, or non-sleep, deep rest.
0:06.6	In just about 10 minutes or so, this yoga-needra practice leaves you feeling as refreshed as after a nap without actually sleeping.
0:15.0	Experience it for yourself on our guided podcast. Search NSDR and look for the one from Optimal Living Daily. This is Optimal Living
0:25.7	Daily. Law of Equal Effort. Do Big Things Without Burning Out. Part 2 by Tyler Tivoran of
0:33.0	riscology.co. And I'm Justin Mollick. Welcome to OLD, Optimal Living Daily, where I read articles to you with permission from
0:40.4	the authors, but today being a continuation from yesterday, so I'd recommend listening to
0:45.0	yesterday's episode first.
0:46.9	But if you're all caught up, let's get right to part two and continue optimizing your
0:51.0	life.
0:55.5	Law of Equal Eff effort. Do big things without burning out. Part 2 by Tyler Devoran of Riskology.co.
1:04.8	A novice runner will ignore their pacing when it's most important and try to stick to it when it's least important.
1:12.3	They'll get caught up in the excitement and run too fast at the starting line,
1:15.7	not realizing they just used up everything they need at the end.
1:19.9	Or they'll feel their pace slowing on a difficult hill and push themselves to speed up.
1:24.8	Both scenarios, especially combined, lead to burnout and poor performance. A better
1:31.0	approach is to maintain an equal effort throughout the race, regardless of what happens along the
1:37.0	route. When it's early on in everyone's sprinting, hold yourself back and conserve energy. Near the end,
1:47.2	deploy that energy while the people around you are slowing down.
1:54.8	Most important, don't try to maintain the pace at any cost. Instead, aim for an average speed.
2:02.6	If there's a big hill, slow down and take it easy on the way up. They'll take you off pace, but hills don't just go up,
2:08.1	they go down too. So push yourself on the downhills when it's easy to make up time.
2:14.0	Marathons are a metaphor. You can take the same approach in all areas of life. You don't always control when things will be easy or hard, but you do control how you react
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