The effort of the 6 years old trying to write first letters and words on paper with the tongue out is amazing. The effort of the soldiers  trying to pull a wounded fellow from the battlefield under enemy’s fire is heroic. The effort of a mom sitting at her sick child’s bed for days and nights without sleep is phenomenal. The effort of a President to make health care affordable is historic. I am sure that anyone can continue with the list of what I call “good effort”. I am always exited and humbled when I encounter the “good effort”.

There is another effort, which I call “bad” effort. I hate it when I see it. I try to shut any relation to it and get as far as possible. For example, I walk out of the movie theater when I see the artists making an effort to play their roles in a movie.  I walk out of Subway restaurant when I see the genuine effort by a high school drop out to make a sandwich. I hang up the phone when I feel the effort on the other side to help me with technical issues they don’t know nothing about.  I despise the “bad effort” in any form and shape. I fight it whenever I can.

We all apply efforts in our lives. Some good and some bad. Think of yours. Are they good efforts or bad efforts. It might be time for a carrier change if you catch yourself applying bad efforts more often than good efforts.