![]() Have you ever spent an entire day doing something that made no difference at all in the end? ![]() This learned industriousness gets us through school and into our careers or callings.Īs adults, we also get so focused on putting effort into tasks that we sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture. And this starts in our early years, as we’re taught as children through both everyday experiences and persuasion from parents and teachers that effort leads to reward, which conditions people to enjoy exerting effort in itself. The truth is, we often value situations more if we have to put a lot of effort into completing them. Think of a friend who gets up at 4:30 every morning to go for a run or someone who spends hours on a crossword puzzle without looking up the answers. ![]() ![]() In fact, we thrive on completing tasks, and people choose to do things every day that they don’t have to do, which are often not even enjoyable ( as seen in this study). Many have been able to feel this over the past year and a half being isolated in their homes due to the coronavirus, so as you’ve probably experienced for yourself, we are not biologically programmed to do nothing. There must be some human nature behind this.”Īnd it turns out that, despite what many may think, it is human nature to “do” things. I thought to myself, “Wow, so industrious at such a young age. And, seeing as 3-year-olds don’t focus so much toward the future, it was clear she was committed to this task only for the purpose of doing it. She was concentrated, focused, and on a mission that was not to be interrupted. I remember watching my daughter from across the room back when she was about three years old working in her play kitchen, preparing some plastic vegetables, a wooden steak, and some uncooked macaroni.
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