Can we PLEASE start a new concept trending called the "Smart Hustle"?!!!

My entire social media career got started when I began sharing my story of how I got so burned out that I depleted my immune system and got viral meningitis. I had been working so hard, ignoring important areas of my life, to the point where I even forgot what I was working that hard FOR! Talking about that experience got me my first TEDx talk...

That was 2011. I'm coming up to my decade anniversary of that experience and realized that it's not too early to share with you what those things are that I learned from this, especially when it comes to hustling.

Don't get me wrong -

I'm all for hustle and grinding...

I just think that in this pandemic and a post-pandemic world, we have to invent a NEW Smart Hustle.

Smart hustle is all about honouring YOUR own flow of how you work optimally.

Smart hustle is all about realizing when you're not at your best and not doing high-impact or high-visibility work when you're not on your A-game.

Smart hustle is mastering your skills so that you can learn to optimize how long it takes you to do a task/project/contract, so that you get more efficient, and make more money from your existing work.

Smart hustle is acknowledging your own brilliance and learning to make money from your natural magic.

Smart hustle is knowing how to discern the difference between what serves your spirit, soul and higher self, and what is just a make-work project with diminishing returns (sorry social media channels that cause a lot of hype but don't help build my business! ??).

Don't get me wrong - I acknowledge that I've done A LOT of bad and wrong things (bad and wrong for ME); maybe they wouldn't have been for others, but they were definitely not lifting me up. So instead, I'll share what I've come to learn as signs to help me know when I was in smart hustle mode:

• Pull an overnight WITHOUT guilt! - You'll know this feeling because you can complete my project, then have a great day/night of restful, sound sleep! No beating yourself up for burning that midnight oil, because your energy is well spent in creative, beautiful productivity ??.
• Feel heightened energy even through the boring stuff - ALL projects have boring, rote, routine things embedded in them. But when you can get to a point where. you see beauty in the mundane and do it as cheerfully as you can the exciting, engaging stuff, then you're cooking with gas ??.
• Take breaks that re-energize your spirit - My soul fams all know that when they get a call from me mid-day to do some HouseParty Kareoke (without interrupting their day too of course!) then its time for some fun and pure adrenalin boosting! Work doesn't have to be boring all day long - break up your day and help yourself get your head back in the game with something rejuvanating and pure fun! ??

I could write a book (wait a minute, I HAVE! ?? Stay tuned - I'm re-releasing it soon!) about ways to live sustainably while retaining your sanity. However, I think it's best to provide short snippets of useable, actionable tips that may help you and many others to hustle without the physical, mental, emotional or spiritual breakdowns.

Can we get #SmartHustle trending? ????????????????????????