The very thing you want most won't happen until you're ready to sacrifice time with your loved ones. Is that trade-off worth it? It's a tricky balance, right? We set goals, but life's responsibilities mean those goals keep moving. (Atd)

Another day

Hustle culture has been pushing the relentless agenda that you must work nonstop.

During a short journey with the leader of Warrior Walks.

We realized.

When you encounter burnout, hustle culture tells you to pause, restart, and do it all over again.

I'm guilty of this.

Whenever I get overwhelmed I would take a break for a week or two and feel bad about it.

The whole time forcing myself to rest. But I never rested I kept thinking about how I should be hustling. Because that's what Hormozi or one of the many gangsta movies I watched always said.

This is a never-ending struggle.

Balancing Work and Family Struggles

The need and desire to provide work and still give time to your wife and kids is constant.

You can't give from an empty cup.

As a man, you must figure out how to replenish, recharge, and be a present leader.

• Give too much to work, and you lack quality family time.

• Give too much to family, and you don't provide enough to pay the bills.

It's a constant uphill battle.

But this is the burden of proof for a F.O.C (Father of Creation).

A man needs to

• Protect

• Provide,

• Produce.

But you also need to nurture, romance, and teach.

Hustle culture is a pipe dream.

A constant uphill battle.

The Sacrifice of High-Value Men

You don't see many high-value men—I mean 7-8 figures—in hustle culture talking about their families. They're divorced.

Is that the sacrifice you're willing to make?

You may feel like you're in a crisis.

You're going to always feel like you're failing somewhere.

You want to do everything at 100%. Get after it, make some money, and keep earning.

You can't be singularly minded.

A successful man may have a great body or a lot of money, but they're on their third or fourth marriage.

You can't crush it in one area and fail in the others.

• You're cranky,

• You're not generous,

• You're not remorseful.

• You're not working on your soul.

Is it worth it?

All the good things can be done pretty well, but it's a lot, it's a burden.

You have to be strong.

A lot of young men aren't prepared for this.

Like the quote, I say all the time,

"The road ahead is long and hard, no place for the weak. You must be a warrior!"

Insights on Real Balance

Who am I writing to? Men, fathers, and people chasing hustle culture or stuck in the loop. Hustle culture is:

• Another system,

• Another rat race.

Balance is key, but obsession yields results.

It's a constant teeter-totter. Understanding that it's not simple but it can be.

Changing your perspective and realizing.

There will always be things that are hanging in the balance.

You'll never have the perfect schedule.

You can have balance, you're just doing it wrong.

If you can change your perspective and accept that you will never be perfect, you will be okay.

Going through this cycle as a man, father, husband, and leader is inevitable.

You'll be doing good in business but find out you're lacking somewhere else

Marriage or Parenting.

But that's the challenge, forever changing and evolving with you.

Steps to Achieve Balance

Here are some steps to help achieve balance:

• Focus

• Prayer

• Stillness

• Planning

• Discipline

• Meditation

Pick your poison:

9-5,

Hustle Culture,

Entrepreneur,

Farmengeer aka fathers of creation (FOC).

Change Perspective, Find Peace

Reflect and Take Action

Reflect on your priorities and make the necessary sacrifices. The key to a balanced life.

It's not about abandoning your ambitions but aligning them with your values.

Take actionable steps today to nurture not only your work but your family and yourself.

Attack every day!

Drew

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