The Effort Gap

Doable Growth

Clear your overthinking mind, grow your self-leadership, and connect with your people.

Growth Isn’t About Self-Optimization

GROW THROUGH Effort and CONNECTION

Self-help convinced us that we must fix ourselves in isolation before we can belong, but real growth happens in motion and in community. By clearing your mind, leading yourself, and connecting with your people, you trade endless self-reflection for lived wisdom. Committing to a steady rhythm of effort will help you feel grounded, capable, and deeply connected.

Lisa Nelsen, founder of the effort gap
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Self-Focus Doesn’t Heal Us

we don’t grow alone

The self-care era left us more overwhelmed, disconnected, and relationally unsure of ourselves than ever. We’re living in a loneliness epidemic that’s about more than empty rooms. It’s eroding our sense of connection, purpose, and direction. Turns out we don’t need self-care, we need community care. It’s time we stop self-preserving and start becoming effortful, emotionally connected humans.

“It takes discipline, now, not to look things up immediately, but to sit and wonder.”

Austin Kleon