Your brain wants easy. Your life needs systems.
“The law of least effort, also known as the principle of least resistance, suggests that organisms and systems will naturally choose the path of least resistance or the option requiring the least amount of energy to achieve a goal. This principle is observed in various fields, from evolutionary biology and information science to everyday decision-making. Essentially, people tend to find the easiest way to accomplish tasks, even if it means taking a less optimal route or using less efficient methods”
Translation?
We’re wired to go for “easy". Even when it's wrong, harmful, or self-sabotaging.
In a manmade world of engineered temptations, nature won't save you. You must design systems to protect yourself from yourself.
My sister asked, “Why does nature let us eat ourselves to death? Shouldn’t there be a shut-off mechanism?”
My response, “Nature didn’t see the modern supermarket coming.”
Nobody ever ate themselves to death in apples. Not a single person got super overweight eating bananas🍌
It's the ultra-processed food, engineered by humans, food that’s been designed to make you eat more of it. Why are we surprised it does just that?
It’s not just food.
It’s phones that hijack our attention.
Cities and Netflix that override our natural sleep rhythms.
Work cultures that reward busy over meaningful.
We’re great at inventing new things.
We’re not always great at installing the guardrails to protect ourselves from those inventions.
Yes, we’re getting better.
There are more tools than ever to help us stay focused, grounded, healthy, and aligned.
But are you choosing to use them before it's too late? What systems protect you from ... you?
Nature won’t stop you from binge-watching garbage or scrolling past your life.
Nature won’t close the fridge or silence your notifications.
That’s your job.
You have to build the right systems:
– systems that make it easy to eat well, move, sleep, and think.
– systems that make it obvious to do the work that matters.
– systems that put friction around distraction.
Same with AI.
It can sharpen your genius or dissolve what's left of it into nothing.
It’s not the tool, it’s your systems.
So ask yourself today,
What systems have you built to keep you well, focused, and working on what makes your life meaningful?
Cause if you have none, nature won't save you.
