[smacktoward]

> "Am I giving 100% to the quality of my effort, in this moment?"

Exactly.

Stephen Mitchell's translation of the Tao Te Ching (buy here: http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780061142666-0; full text here: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/taote-v3.h...) is one of my favorite books. It has some things to say on this subject:

   Express yourself completely,

   then keep quiet.

   Be like the forces of nature:

   when it blows, there is only wind;

   when it rains, there is only rain;

   when the clouds pass, the sun shines through...

   He who stands on tiptoe

   doesn't stand firm.

   He who rushes ahead

   doesn't go far.

   He who tries to shine

   dims his own light.

   He who defines himself

   can't know who he really is.

   He who has power over others

   can't empower himself.

   He who clings to his work

   will create nothing that endures.

   If you want to accord with the Tao,

   just do your job, then let go.