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  • Aug 26, 2025

Working 24/7 Isn’t Ambition — It’s Bad Math

    Let’s get real: if you’re working 24/7, you’re not ambitious. You’re bad at math.

    Because if more hours = more money actually worked, every burned-out entrepreneur pulling 70-hour weeks would be sitting on a yacht by now. (Spoiler: they’re not. They’re stress-scrolling Slack at 11 p.m. while their kid asks if they’re ever going to watch a movie together.)

    I used to think grinding harder was the answer. Wake up earlier, stay up later, multitask like a caffeinated octopus.

    You know what that got me?

    • Eating lunch hunched over a laptop.

    • Snapping at my family because “I just need 10 more minutes.”

    • A business that fell apart the second I dared to rest.

    That’s not freedom. That’s a prison cell with WiFi.

    And here’s the kicker: the math doesn’t even add up.

    • 12 hours of busywork = not 12 hours of profit.

    • More client calls ≠ , more revenue if you’re constantly patching broken systems.

    • Hustle ≠ growth. It’s exhaustion with a fancy Instagram filter.

    Working 24/7 doesn’t make you noble. It just makes you replaceable — because you’ve built a job, not a business.

    Here’s what the so-called “lazy” CEOs figured out:

    They don’t run on hustle. They run on systems.

    They look “lazy” because they’re not drowning in busywork. But behind the scenes, their business hums along while they’re out living their damn life.

    Effortless ≠ idle. Effortless = intentional.

    Here’s where you start:

    1. Automate one time-sucking task. Email follow-ups, client onboarding, scheduling — pick one and let a tool handle it.

    2. Delegate one “why am I still doing this?” job. If someone else can do it 80% as well as you, get it off your plate.

    3. Batch your brainpower. Stop bouncing between 27 tasks. Block time for the big stuff, let systems handle the rest.

    You’ll be shocked how much lighter your business feels when just one leak gets plugged.

    And here’s the thing: I just walked through this entire mindset shift on a live call — showing exactly how to go from overwhelm to effortless.

    👉 The replay of From Overwhelm to Effortless: Streamlining Your Business will be up on Wednesday inside Revel & Rise Premium, plus an added extra bonus.

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    Stop doing bad math. Start building a business that actually adds up.

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