The Luxury Belief Of Success.
I see a problem with taking advice from super successful people. There's a trend of people who've "made it" explaining what their routine looks like now, when they're asked how they became successful.
They'll talk about work-life balance, the importance of leverage, walking lots, early bedtimes, playing with ease and grace, not obsessing, transcending their resentment and overcoming sense of insufficiency or the chip on their shoulder.
This sounds fascinating and elevated, but the tactics that actually caused them to achieve success in the past are not the same as the ones they now use to maintain and capitalise on their success in the present.
It's failure on the part of the guru to understand that the tools you need to get from 0-50 are not the same to get from 90-95. It's also a basic failure of memory. When you look at what got them to where they are, it's precisely the traits they're now avoiding.
Don't tell me about work life balance as if that's what caused your success when you actually worked 6 x 10 hour days and obsessed over your pursuit for 5 years when you first started out.
The same thing goes for what motivates you to succeed - it's all well and good to talk about transcending your vapid desire for recognition and to prove people wrong. But that wasn't what drove you in the beginning. Almost everyone has more pain and resentment and fear when they start. Which is why they use it.
Once you've achieved enough success and validation from the world to not be fuelled by negativity any more, that's great. But that doesn't mean that people who are just starting out can achieve the success you now have by using strategies which you yourself only developed after becoming successful.
It could almost be seen as a kind of Luxury Belief Of Success. "Defund The Police" was pushed heavily by people who live in communities that didn't need a massive police presence. "You need holistic, balanced drive" is pushed by people who already grinded for half a decade.
The best question to ask is not "what does my favourite guru say they do now to continue existing success?"
Instead you should ask "what did my favourite guru actually do when they were at my stage to create their success?"