A free field guide from Poh Teck Lim
You are working as hard as ever, and it is returning less than it used.
There is a reason for that, and it is not the reason most people reach for. The Effort Trap is a short field guide on why capable people stall despite doing everything right, and the one shift that changes it. Read it in one sitting.
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Does this sound familiar?
You work hard, deliver good work, take on more, and still feel you are not moving forward.
You are delivering. By every visible measure you are doing what you have always done, and doing it well.
The effort is no longer returning what it used to. You are not sure you are advancing.
You are running into something most capable people eventually meet.
It has a shape, and it has a way out.
What the guide gives you
Why your eddort has quietly stopped returning what it used to
A simple explanation of what is happening
Why the patter is not the same as leaving it
The one space where a pattern can actually be interrupted
A single question you can use tomorrow
At the moment it matters most.
Where this begins, and where it can lead
A clearer sense of direction for your effort.
A practice you can start the same day
Smal, real, and easy to begin.
A clerer sense of where your effort has been going
So you can use it with more impact.
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Who this is from
I am Teck Lim, a Growth Accelerator. I inspire human excellence as a speaker, trainer, facilitator, and coach, with more than three decades of experience across twenty-six countries, in real organizations, under real pressure. The pattern in this guide is one I have watched play out in capable, disciplined people for years, and the shift is one I have seen change how they work.
This field guide draws on my book, The Growth Shift, which carries a foreword by Allan Pease, international bestselling author and “Mr. Body Language.” The guide gives you one shift you can use tomorrow. The book gives you the whole of it.
About the book
The Growth Shift takes the one shift in this guide and opens it into a complete way of working. It is built on the Hexcellence™ Growth System, drawn from more than three decades of work with leaders and teams across twenty-six countries. It is launching on Amazon.
A practice you can start the same day
Smal, real, and easy to begin.
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