In this episode, I share why you don’t need to hustle nonstop to be worthy.

Your value isn’t measured by productivity - rest and balance matter too.

Enjoy :-)

Sumantha

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We live in a culture that praises hustle. If you're not busy, are you even trying?

But here's the truth. Your worth is not measured by your output.

This is such an important conversation to have in the education world, especially because a lot of people come from professional backgrounds where burnout is worn as a badge of honour, where you just go at a hundred miles an hour all the time and you associate that...

...with productivity, but the reality is you don't have to work 24/7 to deserve success.

You don't need to constantly be improving to be a good business owner. You already are enough as you are.

Rest, boundaries and downtime are not just nice to haves, as I have learned over the years. They're actually essential.

And when you feel relaxed, that's when the great ideas come.

Those things that you've been worried about or things you've been thinking about, like how do I grow my business? Or what could be a great idea to add to an existing offering.

All of those things, they just kind of come like magic to your brain when you are relaxed and your business can grow without you burning out.

In fact, it will grow better if you are taking care of yourself.

So something I think we all need to do is to stop equating hustle with value.

Stop tying your self-worth to your productivity because you're doing great. We all are.

Keep going, but at your pace, not at someone else's because you don't need to hustle to be worthy...

...and we have to build something that is sustainable because if it's not sustainable, we can't continue making money doing something that we really love.