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Don’t Push Yourself to Success
Instead, let it happen on it’s own
I get a lot of feedback for my recent posts about living slowly and not pushing yourself to be productive all the time. People send personal breakdown stories, and talk about their struggle of pushing themselves just a little bit too hard sometimes.
The truth is, we are all guilty of it.
As I get more mature and try more things (and become successful in some), I start to realize more and more that pushing yourself is almost never the answer. Of course, there are moments when you need discipline. After all, as entrepreneurs and writer, we are in the business of achieving and creating something new.
But more often than not, just letting things go and taking it slowly is a far better approach.
Here is what happens if you push yourself too hard on achieving your goals.
Your motivation is flawed.
There are two types of motivation: extrinsic (rewards, status, money) and intrinsic (love, fulfillment, creativity, satisfaction). Whenever you push yourself in your business, project or fitness regimen, you tell yourself to wait just a little bit, and then you’ll be rewarded.
This is toxic.
