Rant: Why does the "hustle harder" crowd never talk about the slow months?

I saw this happen with my own scheduling habits over the last 10 months. I used to wake up and check emails first thing, reply to anything within 5 minutes, and take calls anytime before 6pm. That meant I was never fully off, even on weekends. Then in February I switched to checking email twice a day, once at 10am and once at 3pm, and I turned off notifications after 5pm. It took about 6 weeks to feel normal, but my response time went from 5 minutes to maybe 2 hours, and guess what, not a single client complained. Actually, I got more work because I wasn't frazzled during calls, and one client told me I seemed "more present". Did anyone else find that setting hard boundaries actually improved their client relationships instead of hurting them?

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rivera.hannah13d ago

Honestly feels like people confuse being busy with being good at what you do. Slow months are just part of the rhythm, not a failure.

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