How Hard Should You Work?
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
“Working too hard is one of the top regrets of the dying.”
Yet, when faced with the fear of not having lived the life we truly desire, we seek answers: how hard should we really work? The answer depends on what you want to make out of your life -- your purpose, your calling. It also depends on your definition of 'balance'. How much time do you want to spend working? Would you happily allow your craft to consume most of your days, or would you rather work less and spend the rest of the time in nature, with those you love?
Today's episode is to help you set yourself up for the path you truly desire. Remember, there's no formula of success that doesn't have hard work in it, but there’s also a risk of working too hard and forgoing the things that matter to you most.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, what's up? |
| 0:05.8 | It's your buddy, Chase. |
| 0:06.6 | Welcome to another episode of the show. |
| 0:08.1 | Today's show is a micro show, and it's about a topic that I cannot stop thinking about, |
| 0:15.4 | in part because I get asked damn near every day by the internet, by friends, family members. |
| 0:22.5 | I hear it on the streets. |
| 0:23.8 | I hear it around work tables and cafes. |
| 0:27.4 | I would call it one of the most fundamental questions that we all face today. |
| 0:33.6 | And that question is, how hard should you work? |
| 0:38.3 | Because after all, what is the goal of asking this question of ourselves? |
| 0:43.3 | Or what is the, you know, why are you listening to the show right now? |
| 0:46.3 | If you haven't turned it off because you didn't like this question and you're still here, I think you're here for a reason, right? |
| 0:52.3 | Because finding this path for each of us, our own, you know, the goal is to set yourself up for the success, right? |
| 1:02.3 | To set yourself up for the future that you want. |
| 1:05.7 | And this is not taught in school. |
| 1:08.2 | This is not, you know, this is not a lightweight, snappy topic that you can get in a meme post on the gram or via a tweet. |
| 1:18.6 | Right. |
| 1:19.1 | How do you set yourself up for the future that you want while understanding that life is all it is is a series of now, right? It's a series. It's now and then it's now and then it's |
| 1:31.2 | now. And, you know, working too hard is also one of the top regrets of the dying that they, |
| 1:41.3 | you know, got on some hamster wheel to meet other people's expectations. |
| 1:47.8 | And obviously, that would be the worst, right, to be on your deathbed and to be experiencing that. |
| 1:54.3 | So it begs the question, what is the balance? |
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