Another episode of “Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur” is live and today we’re talking all about hustle culture and my confessions on why it’s not required for success.  Today let’s talk about why Hustle is not required for success. Here are the top 4 things to focus on to market and grow your brand.

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I know this confession may be a super unpopular one, but as an entrepreneur for over 20 years I have found myself on both ends of the hustle spectrum and I can promise you, my seasons of extreme hustle left me anything but feeling successful. 

But what exactly is “hustle?”

Oxford Languages will tell you that as a verb or an action it means to, “force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction” or “obtain by forceful action or persuasion”

As a noun, it’s translated as, “busy movement and activity” or, “a fraud or swindle.”

And somewhere along the lines, society has told us that we need to force ourselves to be hurried, we need to obtain success through forceful action, and we need to be busy swindling people, mainly ourselves, to believe this method produces ultimate success.

I don’t know about you, but I will proudly confess that I want nothing to do with that kind of hustle in my business.

Throwing out the idea of hustle in running a business does not mean that you don’t have to work hard, it simply means you don’t have to force a narrative that the more hurried you are, the more successful you’ll become.

In this episode you’ll hear all about: 

• Growing a successful business free from hustle. 
• The top 4 things to focus on to market and grow your brand.
• Income producing activities that make money without stealing your time. 

Listen here: link to episode 

I can’t wait for you to tune in today! I hope that you walk away feeling inspired to work smarter, not harder and say goodbye to the trap of hustle culture for good! No matter how big your business becomes, hustle is not required. Don’t lose sight of that. 

If this episode was encouraging to you, be sure to stay tuned for my upcoming episodes all about taking care of your health as an entrepreneur.

For the longest time I let the ideas of hustle culture get in the way of mental and physical health and I’m opening up about in the hopes of keeping the same from happening to you! You’re not going to want to miss it! 

 

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