MaxLife · A thinking tool

Push or Pull

Most of what's on your plate looks like opportunity. Some of it is pulling you toward the future you actually want. The rest you're pushing uphill because it looks like success. You'll work through one at a time. Answer fast, from the gut. Your first instinct is the data.

Being pulled

A future bigger than your past, drawing you in. Effortless even when it's hard. You'd almost do it for free. Your energy picks up when you talk about it. Outcomes, people, even money start chasing you.

Pushing

You forcing something to happen. Looks like success but feels like a grind you've justified. You're running from something more than toward it. A complication that doesn't actually move you toward the vision.

Your report

Read the pattern

The question was never whether something is good. It's whether it's pulling you forward, or asking you to push. Here's where each one landed.