Do you feel burned out? Do you feel exhausted?
There’s a great feeling of happiness in working hard, accomplishing goals and reaching success as an overachiever however, working hard alone and success don’t bring fulfillment.
I grew up with limited resources and extreme challenges. For me, survival meant succeeding; that is why I have worked hard to be successful. I was hoping that if I worked hard, I would be successful, important and loved.
When I first to the US, I remember working in odd jobs, cleaning toilets, painting houses, serving in restaurants for more than 80 hours a week. Later on, I started working in the corporate finance world and worked my way up to being number one in my field. Despite all my success, I felt empty. I was generating money but I did not feel fulfilled. Soon enough exhaustion replaced happiness and what once kept me going was now giving me nightmares. I came to a point where I have completely burned myself out.
Trying to keep working while you are exhausted and frustrated is like yelling at a car to keep going while it has no fuel.
Only focusing on your end goal and never ever taking time to appreciate and celebrate the steps towards that goal is ultimately going to lead to frustration. For a long time, I thought being a high-performer is about working hard but I’ve come to realize that it is about making small attempts, progressing, measuring, and celebrating. If you appreciate every little step, the momentum will keep growing— and you will achieve more, procrastinate less.
Some of these lessons I had to learn the hard way, while others I learned by working with mentors, attending personal development events, and taking classes from experts. Now my approach to being productive as an overachiever is not at all about working hard, it’s more about working smart and developing a self-sustaining work method that helps build permanent high-performance habits.
As your coach, I help you build a healthy relationship with your work and fully experience every little step of your success. You won’t believe how much more strength and energy is stored within you, waiting to be summoned.
