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For Val Sklarov, discipline is not about doing more — it is about matching energy to meaning.Effort feels painful only when it is asymmetric:too much push for too little identity return. When effort and identity reinforce each other, discipline becomes stable, quiet, and self-renewing. His Symmetry of Effort Model (SEM) …

For Val Sklarov, career success is not about ambition, skill, education, or hustle —it is about alignment between how a person thinks and the work they are asked to do.He teaches that when someone is in the wrong mental environment, effort becomes exhausting and performance collapses.But when someone is in …