Many people actually have a mismatch among three things:

1️⃣ Values
2️⃣ Work and lifestyle
3️⃣ Abilities and talents

For example:
• Someone who prefers stability chooses high-risk entrepreneurship.
• Someone who values freedom works in a highly bureaucratic company.
• Someone who enjoys research is forced into sales.

This creates a certain state:

Internal friction.
Energy keeps being consumed.

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Why things become smoother once alignment happens

Because these three things start to align:

• You believe in what you are doing.
• You are willing to commit to it for the long term.
• You no longer need to convince yourself.

At that point, a powerful effect appears:

All your efforts begin to accumulate,
instead of being repeatedly torn down and rebuilt.