The Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma
Welcome to the Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma where you’ll receive the mental models, daily routines, and productivity tactics that Robin Sharma has taught to the titans of industry, sports superstars, and elite performers who he has served as a private mentor to for over 31 years. You'll learn how to live a truly world-class life while you accelerate your productivity, grow your leadership, build your business, and scale your impact on the world.
The Daily Mastery Podcast by Robin Sharma
Hustle and Grind Is a Bad Strategy
It’s really really really important to remember that working hard and stress are not evils (at all!).
It’s the failure of so many of us to recover and retreat from stress so that we refuel and enjoy life fully that’s the real and pressing problem.
The most productive people on the planet don’t work all the time. No, they understand that “hustle and grind” is a bad strategy and that less is actually more.
When they work, they work with fantastic focus and splendid dedication. And then, they pause. They renew. They walk and travel and read and play. They recover and rest and enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Just think about working under cycles, periods of time, it could be during your days where you're full on fire and then taking the time to recover by going for a walk or drinking some tea or listening to some music, then doing another few hours in terms ofa burst of intense and beautiful work where you're bringing all your focus, all your talent and then pulling back and recovering. And then even when it comes to your week, take at least one or two days off, no technology. No work just with your family or just mountain biking. Long times, you know, walking in the woods, writing in a journal. You might think and your ego might suggest to you and your friends might say you're wasting time. You know, you're missing out. Get in the game. Well, be a leader. Don't follow the majority. Remember, great audacity without intelligent recovery leads to the depletion of your genius. I'll put it to you this way, making the time to pull back and recover in that deep recovery cycle, deep refueling cycle actually is how you grow.