HUSTLE shouldn't BREAK you

Hustle shouldn't break you.

This is not a message for the "weak". It is encouragement to keep going but with necessary guardrails and boundaries. As a business owner of a movie production company with a small business service division, I am still learning all too well, healthy boundaries. These boundaries keep me balanced between work and family. If you're still posting, texting, calling or even doodling ideas down for your business during what should be family time or just "you" time, your hustle is going to eventually hurt you. And in all the things Ive heard people have said on their death bed, never was it "I wish I would've hustled more." No...it was usually, "I wish I would spent more time with family, friends or other interests I had."

I make it a point (and it sometimes drives my production team nuts) to not take calls/texts past a certain time daily, during dinner with family / friends and I am completely unavailable on Sundays. Family day for me.

Some may say "That's your deal then, I'm gonna make it big because I hustle 24/7." That's fine. But it will eventually break you, someway, somehow.

Fast food chain McDonald's has more stores, open longer hours with more days than Chik-fil-a. Chik-fil-a is even closed on Sundays. Chik-fil-a has a much lower turnover rate, happier employees and is more profitable. Not coincidence. Just not harming themselves to "be the best".

So, I'd like to encourage you today as a business owner, entrepreneur, team member, student, mentor, etc...build the guardrails, set the boundaries. Give yourself some grace and time. Put work aside, if need be, reflect, express gratitude and continue forth when you have rested.

Your mind, body and soul will thank you in the long run. And on your death bed, you will be grateful that work didn't consume your life and that joy did.