Meditate Awake

‘Low effort syndrome’ is a term that describes an important aspect of a fixed mindset. In brief, it is the refusal to work hard and put in effort when there is the potential for a perceived failure. Making an effort to succeed makes you vulnerable; because if you don’t succeed, your flaws or limitations are there for the world to see. So people living from a fixed mindset experience low effort syndrome. They mask their low effort as a desire to have a relaxed, easy life — they say they just don’t want to have to work hard. They want to coast. But what lies beneath that is a fear of failure. In contrast, people with a growth mindset know that failing does not make them a failure, or a loser. They work, and put in effort, with an understanding that no matter the outcome of their efforts, they will learn and grow.