Replacing the Hustle Mindset With the Unhustle Mindset
Hustle culture is detrimental to our humanity
By | Milena Regos | www.entrepreneur.com
The pandemic helped us realize that real, sustainable success is so much more than a sole focus on work. It became the great clarifier that we crave a new kind of life — simpler, slower, more intentional and more purposeful — and a new type of work culture: human culture instead of hustle culture.
We cannot create sustainable success in a culture of hustle, overwork and burnout. It’s time for a reset. It took a global pandemic to wake us up. The question is: Are we going to take action and change our relationship with work and time off so we can start fully living, doing work that matters and spend more time in flow, fully aligned, alive and impactful? You can give yourself permission to go in the direction of your heart and still create an effortless impact.
The unhustle mindset
The “unhustle mindset” can change how you think about life, work and play. There are no hacks or special formulas. The only hack is you. It’s an approach to living and working with less stress, distractions and burnout and more flow, focus and fulfillment. If you feel successful but not satisfied, this approach may help shift your perspective so you can feel aligned.
The unhuste mindset rebels against the constant pressure to perform. It supports working less but achieving more while fully living.
Western society defines success as a desired outcome of wealth. In pursuit of this definition of success, we strive to do more. We get caught in the hustle, the endless quest for more — which manifests in the form of performative productivity. We chase titles, achievements, promotions and money. We strive for more. Do more. Go more places. Make more progress. We constantly feel we’re not enough and that we should be better. Our work becomes our identity. Self-worth is so much more than net worth.