A Tool for Avoiding Burnout – Minimum Effective Dose

Minimum Effective Dose
Do you sometimes feel like you are putting too much effort into an activity at the expense of other things you want to do?

I’m intrigued by the concept of a minimum effective dose.

A couple definitions are: “the smallest amount of a drug or other substance needed to produce a desired or specified effect” and “The MED is simply the smallest dose that will produce the desired outcome and anything BEYOND the MED is waste.”

The Power of Automobile University inspired by Tommy Lanham

Would you like a brief and powerful dose of enthusiasm and inspiration?
In this video, Tommy Lanham makes clear the value of listening to audiobooks.

In a blog post last March, I discuss a similar experience.

Immediately after the video is a list of resources he recommends.

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