I recently saw a tweet from a father of an 8 year old daughter who just found out she didn’t make her softball team.
The first thing she said to her dad after she found out the news: “Alright dad grab your glove, it’s time to work even harder.”
This tweet received thousands of retweets.
It rubbed me the wrong way.
Why?
Because working harder nearly destroyed me.
Working harder is wildly celebrated in our society and, as a kid, I wanted more than anything to be celebrated.
Working harder was a coping mechanism for me because I subconsciously didn’t believe I was good enough without it.
I thought working harder was the only way to reach my dreams.
Until, I discovered another way.
If you are working hard, thriving and truly happy, then fist bump to you, keep going!! I support you. This message isn’t for you.
But, if you are someone who has worked your ass off and you haven’t been getting the results you want or you feel like something is missing from this whole hard work=success puzzle, then, I feel you! I think you’ll dig my latest podcast episode “‘why your hard work isn’t paying off”
In the episode I talk about:
And more.
I promise you, there is another way to go after your dreams with way less struggle and much more ease.