what did bruce lee mean when he said this “The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”?
i really would like to understand what he meant by this its been driving me nuts trying to figure it out myself
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Yes, it does seem counterintuitive.
What Bruce Lee means by effort--trying to change what is handed to you, using denial in the attempt to lose it's power.
To paraphrase this quote--"The less you fight with something and when you accept what is handed your way, the more willing you are to adapt to it and thus you are more flexible will your solutions. An open mind will allow you to be more powerful and faster because you won't be stuck in thinking there is only one way of doing something. You will not be a prisoner of your own attachment to fear.
Perhaps he meant that when you are at the stage where you have to think about a task and work at it to accomplish it, you lose some of your speed and power to that effort. When you have practiced enough so you can do the task without thinking about it, all your speed and power can flow effortlessly without being slowed down by indecision or wasted movement.