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Jane Xu, PhD, MPH's avatar

More people need to hear this!

Particularly "Real, sustainable success isn’t just measured by your P&L statement; it’s measured by your health, your relationships, and your peace of mind", and if I may add: "your spiritual richness, your sense of belonging to your social and natural environment, your inner happiness and true satisfaction with your life..." https://janexu.substack.com/p/what-kind-of-society-would-you-like?r=31zx1q

Dennis Berry's avatar

Yes, agreed. Took me a while to understand the spiritual richness part... and natural environment. When we figure that out, life really becomes magical.

Sharyph's avatar

This is a powerful reflection and a necessary counter-narrative to the hustle culture that's been sold to us.

The idea that focusing on your alignment, health, and peace of mind isn't just self-care, but an exponential growth factor for your business, is a perspective shift that’s a real force multiplier. It’s the difference between grinding and genuinely commanding your life and business.

Dennis Berry's avatar

Yes, being stuck in the grind is a killer of progress and inner peace. Hard to trudge through that muck, but worth the effort.

Apoorvaa Deshpande's avatar

Totally agree Dennis, beautiful read! Burnout is most likely a result of misaligned work, if you are working on something that truly lights you up, it doesn't even seem like work!

Too often we don't pause to think about what we want our life to look like! I wrote about it recently https://open.substack.com/pub/apoorvaadeshpande/p/are-you-optimizing-for-the-right

Dennis Berry's avatar

Yes, you get it. And 99% of us are locked into misaligned work. Super sad. But, we can help make a difference and pull people out.

Chintan Zalani's avatar

Such simple but immediately useful reminders of how to take back control and start living more intentionally. Thanks for sharing!

Dennis Berry's avatar

Thank you so much my friend. It makes a difference.