Stop Worshipping Hustle
When the world floods you with the wrong advice, what do you do?
Generally speaking, the message we are told in order to find success is not “make your work as frictionless as possible.”
It’s “hustle your face off.”
This story dominates our culture. It seeps into every nook and cranny, every blurb, every billboard. You can’t scroll YouTube without seeing an homage to the god of grind.
Now, look, before I go too much further, it’s worth pointing out that hard work is a worthy pursuit. Hustle itself is not a bad thing.
It’s also not the only thing.
Assuming hustle solves all problems is like assuming that you can take down any wall with your face. The ones made of cardboard will go down easy, but the ones made of brick will give you a heck of a headache.
(And the wall will still be up.)
Still, the message is there: Hustle. Hustle. Hustle. Anyone who has what you don’t simply hustled harder. Anyone who is where you want to be put in more time. Anyone who climbed to the top put forth extreme effort to be there.
