{"id":51800,"date":"2021-03-01T01:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T07:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=51800"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:31:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:31:23","slug":"free-yourself-from-overwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/free-yourself-from-overwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Yourself from Overwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever found that no matter how many hours you put in, it never seems to be enough? For most of us, as we feel stress or pressure at work, we put in more hours. This Hustle Fallacy is a widespread belief in our culture\u2014if we just work harder, put in more hours, and grind a little harder, we can get ahead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And yet, it seems that the demands outpace our hustle. This cycle is one that comes at a high cost. Overwork can hurt our relationships, our health, and the quality of our work. According to a <\/span>Gallup study<\/span><\/a>, nearly two-thirds of full-time employees experience burnout in their job.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we know that overwork doesn\u2019t actually get us the results we want, why do we continue to do it? Sometimes high achievers don\u2019t know how to stop. There is a joke among the team at Michael Hyatt & Co. that we are all recovering workaholics. We all help hold each other accountable to resisting the hustle fallacy. So, how do we do it?<\/span><\/p>\n

In order to break the cycle of the Hustle Fallacy, we must first address the why behind our actions. It starts with freeing ourselves from the misconceptions that lead to overwork in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five of the primary reasons people fall into the trap of the hustle fallacy. These mindsets are often ideas that we don\u2019t even realize are actively driving us. I want to challenge you to replace these thoughts with a new way<\/strong> of viewing life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n