We have to train ourselves to STOP looking at tasks as “easy” or “hard.”
Tasks should be seen as either “hard now” or “harder later.”
This forces us to bring a long-term perspective into our decision making process.
I.e. Rather than this short-cut, hack, trick, or time-spend being an “easy” choice to an alternative… we ask ourselves if we can prioritize doing the “hard” thing now so that we won’t have to do the “harder” alternative later.
Honestly answering this question is the *real* short-cut, hack, and trick.