98. Exhausted? Ask Who, Not How

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Episode Summary:

I live between two worlds. In the coaching world, the three day week is the trophy. In the rooms full of executives and business owners I spend time in, they wear an eighty hour week badge of honor. "I'm SO busy." This episode asks you to consider which story you have been telling yourself about rest and whether you chose it on purpose. Using the Self Coaching Model, Simon Sinek's distinction between finite and infinite games and the "who, not how" question from Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy, we walk through what an entrepreneur must believe in order to grow a company that does not depend on their hours. I also share where I am in this myself, since so much of my self esteem has come from being productive and I am questioning that right now alongside my clients.

Key Takeaways:

The Belief Comes First:

What you think creates what you feel, what you feel drives what you do and what you do creates your results

If you believe growth requires every hour you have, you will never make the decisions that create time

Bragging about exhaustion is a story, and the stories we repeat become the businesses we build

The first question is whether you want to be working this much, and whether you chose it consciously

Finite Games and Infinite Games:

A finite game has known players, fixed rules and a winner. A business built only to be sold is a finite game

An infinite game has no finish line. Lego and Apple are still being played long after their founders stepped away