If You’re Hustling Hard And Things Still Aren’t Happening For You, Read This...
Chris Rock has a hilarious bit about the ridiculous negative stereotypes that some parents use to qualify their parenting skills.
As an example, he riffs on phrases some parents might say like, “I take *care* of my kids” as if this is some great accomplishment, to which Rock’s exasperated response is, “Well duh, you dumb mothafucka. You’re SUPPOSED to take care of your kids!”
It's forehead-smackingly obvious, right?
Well this level of "No Shit, Sherlock" is the point at which I feel the state of entrepreneurial thought has devolved to — especially the constant emphasis on "hustle."
It's all a bit self-explanatory, isn't it?
Yes, wake up early. Yes, do what needs to be done.
Read more. Less TV. Work really hard on the projects you care about.
(They're YOUR projects, after all. Duh.)
This isn’t new information. People understood this way before 7,000 inspirational Instagram accounts littered the internet. And if you’ve already been hustling, this advice isn't necessarily useful or inspiring.
Doesn't it go deeper than this?
Isn't there *more* to this game than just rocking it until the wheels fall off? I don't want my wheels to fall off. I like my wheels!
I saw a quote from a Gary V a few weeks ago about more of the usual. Hustle, hustle, hustle.
I don’t remember the exact phrasing, but it was something along the lines of, “While everybody is out at the pool this summer sippin’ Rosé, you should be hustling!”
Personally, I’d actually rather be at the pool sippin’ Rosé!
Does this mean I don’t have “the drive” to succeed?
Here’s the problem with the hype about hustle…
We have this mistaken belief that with enough hustle, grit, grind, [insert tired Instagram platitude], we can achieve any outcome. That's false. It's a nice fairytale. But it's false.
Sometimes things aren't ready to happen yet.
There are literally millions of other factors at play in the world that you can't see — and no matter how hard you hustle, you cannot produce a miracle by force.
So stop trying to force things, sweetie.
I'm not saying you should aim low, or that you shouldn't set goals and work towards them. The problem isn't with goal setting or ambition.
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