Grinders: Stop Killing Yourself ☠️

Did anyone ever compliment you for being a hustler, having high-effort, or perhaps even a Gruden Grinder?

I bet you thought that was a good thing. WRONG! 😀

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Grinders: Stop killing yourself.

Hi I’m Brian Pombo, welcome back to Brian J. Pombo Live.

I heard I heard someone refer to this before about grinding your face off. In reference to the older people that are hustlers and grinders out there, when it comes to business and there’s a huge passion in doing the hustle and grind.

I’ll tell you what, I’m both schools. And as you can probably guess, I agree that there’s a time and place to really hustle. To really make things happen and to really, really grind things, shred things.

That place is limited, you’ve got to keep it to its source, do what you got to do when you got to do it, and take lots of breaks in between.

Because to go go go for years on end, there are graveyards full of people that do this.

I know, it’s not an intentional suicide. In most cases, it’s not people that really go out to kill themselves, you’re putting in a whole lot of work, because that brings meaning into your life, or at least it seems that way to you where you’re at right now, if this is you, if I’m talking to you, if you’re a grinder, then it seems like that is where you’re supposed to be.

But you have to take it easy in between just to get your bearings, you got to be able to take a deep breath. You got to learn to meditate or something, you got to back off and be able to get your bearings and say, okay, is this the right direction?

Is this the right speed?

Am I digging in the right spot for oil?

Because sometimes you’ll get a clue just when you’re quiet enough that you may not be in the right spot that you may be a few degrees off. And switching now is going to matter a whole lot more than switching later if that makes sense.

It’s that whole concept of if I’ve heard it said of pilots, okay, I’m not a pilot. I’ve never flown a plane love to someday. But right now, that’s not where I’m at and I’ve heard that when you’re on course when you’re set to go from here to here, you’re constantly resetting the course, or the software that’s running the plane is constantly resetting course.

And if it doesn’t do that, you will end up in a completely different place. If you just set the course, from when you take off and you don’t adjust, you’re going to end up somewhere else, you have to constantly move back and forth back and forth to keep yourself on course to make sure you’re going where you want to go.

In real life, honestly, sometimes you don’t end up wanting to go where he wants to go, you think you want to end up in New York, but where you really end up is in Louisiana or something like that, you know, you end up something somewhere completely different.

Because who you are partway through changes. And where you want to go your idea of where you want to go ends up changing, you got to make constant course corrections. And it’s really difficult to do that if you’re in the constant hustle and grind mode.

Now, I’m thinking of a particular person. So I have a friend who just partnered up with somebody and he’s working with somebody who he’s known a long time. But he can see that this guy who’s supposedly a really nice guy, real straightforward guy, straight shooter, nice guy.

He’s killing himself in business. He’s just out there pushing so hard. It’s clear, he’s not taking care of his health. And he’s probably gonna get a stroke or heart attack over the whole thing.

I’m telling you, if that’s you, if you’re one of these people, talk to somebody, you got to start somewhere to start talking it out.

I know nobody understands.

I know your spouse doesn’t understand.

I know that your employees certainly don’t understand.

Find somebody that has some perspective. Another business owner, an advisor, someone you can talk to just unload on because of a little bit of a course correction as you’re going along.

I’m not saying you got to pull your foot completely off of the gas, but a little bit of course, correct may mean the difference between early death and a death that’s right on time.

When you’re done, when you’re supposed to be done not way, way, way too early, because you’re just too you’re grinding it too hard. There’s just it’s just a thought that was on my mind because I knew of this particular person.

And I know there’s a ton of people out there that are in that spot. It’s a spot that I’ve overcome, personally, at least at this point in my life.

Hopefully, I don’t fall into that again but it’s a point that I’ve been able to overcome.

So if you need help overcoming and you just need someone to talk to reach out to me BrianJPombo.com.

Also, if you’re looking for some help, and in this whole process, getting some perspective, start with my book, 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business.

Yes, it’s about overcoming competition and competitive forces, but it’s really about overcoming the competitive mindset. Because that stands in you if you’re the decision-maker in your business. 9 Ways to Amazon-Proof Your Business. You get a free copy at AmazonProofBook.com.

That’s all I got for tonight. You have a great night. Get some sleep. We’ll see you tomorrow. In the meantime, get out there and let the magic happen.