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

Sometimes it feels like we should 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-assessment for lived wisdom. Curious where your effort gap is right now? Take the quiz to find your next area of growth.

Lisa Nelsen, founder of the effort gap
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Built from Practice, Not Platitudes

WHERE KNOWING MEETS DOING

The Effort Gap isn’t theory, it’s the result of years spent working at the intersection of human behavior, leadership, communication, and community based work. This work is informed by ancient philosophy, modern behavioral science, and lived experience across a variety of environments where clarity, self-leadership, and human connection can change everything.

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

Austin Kleon