Sean: So now I'm going to inject a little fun into that. Whereas there are so many thought leaders such as Elon Musk, for example, who will say, work hard and outwork your competition and outwork the rest of the world, because that's when you're going to be able to realize your vision for the company, for yourself, when you're going to beat them black and blue and get way ahead of the game.

I know it's controversial. What do you think about that? Because competition is very, very tough in our world. An age where Google is just one type and click away and information is rampant. You already know what your competitor's pricing model is and so on. How do you beat the competition when you're living life in such a way that you're working less, as you said, for you to have more impact, wouldn't that take away from your business's growth and vision?

Yewande: It's a really good question. The first thing that comes to mind is it depends on what you're trying to achieve and what growth and vision and success mean for you. There's sometimes an assumption that it means the same for everyone and it doesn't. And I think. Even when I think about when I was burning out.

And what I see in my clients is when you're even in that state, you lose focus on the important thing. What's the thing you're trying to achieve? So you're just doing and doing and doing and doing with the assumption that it'll get to where you want. Forget assumptions. Let's start with what you are trying to achieve and then let's be strategic and focused on that.

But I think often we don't think about what we're trying to achieve, so we just go, Oh yeah, if you work harder, you'll achieve the thing, right? It's almost like trial and error. And for me, that's not the way I like to think about things. So that's one thing. Now if I think personally about myself, I fundamentally believe, and this is just my belief that you don't have to work harder to have a greater impact.

Now, in theory, that is true. But you could argue that if you think about exercise, um, if I do, let's say I can do 20 push-ups, right? If I do 40 push-ups every day instead, does that mean I'm stronger? Maybe. If I do 80, does that mean I'm stronger? Maybe. If I do 160, does that mean I'm stronger? Maybe if I do a million a day, does that mean I'm stronger? Maybe not.

I probably would have torn a muscle at some point, either torn a muscle. I have no time for anything else. Um, there's. There's a curve. Yeah. So we have to understand that curve for ourselves and go, what am I trying to achieve and why am I trying to achieve it? Because if I'm damaging my muscle, I'm not creating more impact. I'm working harder. But I'm probably stressing that muscle.

I may be crippling the muscle. I may get to the point where the muscle doesn't work anymore. But I'm still pushing and pushing and pushing and think it's similar in leadership. So if it works for Elon Musk, that's great. I'm not saying it doesn't work for him, provided he's clear about why that's important. Why is that important now? But I don't think in my experience that doesn't work for a lot of people. And assuming that it does, I think it's probably more detrimental to people creating the impact that they want than otherwise.

- - -

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/leadershipstack

Join our community and ask questions here: from.sean.si/discord

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadershipstack

Leadership Stack Merch: https://leadershipstack.com/shop/

- - -

Yewande Faloyin

Website: https://www.otitoleadership.com/

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/yewande-faloyin/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yewandefaloyin/