Life update + I no longer work hard (swear to my shoulders)
I went for a healing session for my left shoulder yesterday afternoon.
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That was the consequences from working too hard previously that I put myself second after my business.
When I first started in business a few years ago, I worked 12 hours a day.
Didn’t quite remember what I worked on exactly, but the to-do list never ends.
Every day, I would wake up feeling a lot of pressure to monetise, to find more clients, to create more content, to test a new funnel, to write the perfect email copy, to try a new shiny strategy, alllllll the things…..
I was having a ton of ideas and I would mark them down on a to-do list (which keeps growing and growing), and my mission each day is to cross out as many items as I can that day (trying to finish one more item before day end).
At that time, I could work for 5 hours straight and every night I went home exhausted and accumulated a ton of tension in the body, especially the shoulders area.
I lived that busy, hustling life until I burnout …. and almost gave up on the business completely (luckily I didn’t)
But my shoulder pain was the consequences and invisible price I had to pay, not to mention the feeling of frustration, overwhelm, tiredness, anxiety etc…
Up until today, my left shoulder pain (which is a lot better since I changed to implement the Epic 12 execution system and really focus on the core tasks only that bring me closer to the result and vision), still reminds me that working harder is NOT the solution, is NOT the way out, but a rabbit hole.
I did a livestream on Q&A about working smarter not harder just last week.
Many people, especially entrepreneurs, are still stuck in the hustle = more money trap, and although they (you) want a lifestyle that works less and still make good money, they (you) think that:
- once I …… it’ll be alright (e.g. once I get more clients, it’ll be alright, once I hire the team, it’ll be alright, once I get more familiar with the operation, it’ll be alright etc.)
- when I …… I will work less (e.g. when I make it to 6 figure, I will work less, when I make enough money, I will work less, when I set up more systems, I will work less)
Unfortunately life doesn’t work that way….
if you keep thinking “once I ……” or “when I …… “, you’ll forever be in the waiting mode — waiting for what you want to come, waiting for the lifestyle you desire to come.
And you’ll keep hustling, you’ll still be overwhelmed, because in the mind, the equation of “hustle = more money”, “working harder or more = more chances of success” is not dealt with.
The mindset of “once I ……” or “when I …… “ simply reinforce that YOU NEED TO WORK HARD NOW.
That’s one common trap.
In the livestream on Q&A about working smarter not harder, I busted the common, serious myths about hustle, working harder, lazy, productive…..
- I shared 2 real life stories to show you what’s working harder and what’s working smarter, and the different results
- to put simply, working smarter doesn’t mean not working or not working hard, it means not doing all the things or doing more things out of the false impression that “I’m not enough”
- I also shared about the concept of diminishing returns and why working hard isn’t the solution (90% of the time)
- And then we dive into specific strategies and examples how to apply “working smarter not harder” because it could be easier said than done.
- One of the ways is ensuring your goals are fully aligned with your vision before you take any actions (for clarification on vision / goals, you may refer to the “vision clarifying workshop”)
- Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — I also shared in the livestream that working smarter could be about doing the “invisible work” of “sharpening the axe”.
- Definition of productivity (and talking about the concept of fake productivity)
- Execution is not just about getting things done; it’s about doing them right.
There are simply so much gold in this livestream that I’m sure after watching it, you’ll have a much clearer idea about how to work smarter, and not harder, which will help us to get out from overwhelm and busyness.
Here’re the truths:
- we don’t need to be a busy bee to make money (money is exchange of value, not exchange of time, unless you make it so)
- we don’t have to work all the time to increase our chances of success (working all the time or doing more doesn’t equal to better chances of success — more likely, if you work too hard crossing a line, your performance will even drop)
- we don’t need to do all the things (hard working people are mentally lazy people because they don’t use the brain to select which action steps would bring them the most results, they are simply too lazy so they go through the to-do list one-by-one, the price to pay is overwhelm, frustration, tiredness, mental and physical health)
Don’t want you to miss this important livestream, you can watch the replay in my new fb group “Effortless Abundance” where I host ALL my livestreams and connect with my online fam via video.
Here’s the link to the group https://www.facebook.com/share/g/4uuRsLCRkTgFLrd8/
See you inside! Looking forward to connecting with you further.
With love,
Connie
