7 Tips on How to End Your Rise and Grind, Hustle Culture
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Two phrases I’ve been hearing lately among Gen Z folks is “hustle culture” and “rise and grind”. These are new slang terms for an old way of thinking, the workaholic.
The person who thinks this way is someone who usually works compulsively. They even experience an inability to limit the amount of time they spend on work despite negative consequences such as damage to their emotions, physical well-being relationships, or health.
There is no generally accepted medical definition of this condition, although some forms of stress, impulse control disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder can be work-related; Hustle culture "excessive devotion to work especially as a symptom of mental illness".
The phenomenon of hustle culture, while disregarding healthy work–life balance, may exacerbate workaholism.
The word itself is composed of work and alcoholic. If you are cursed with an unconquerable craving for work, call Workaholics Synonymous, and a reformed worker will aid you back to happy idleness.
In this newsletter, and in the accompanying Podcast you will find a few tips on how to stop this “hustle culture”, “rise and grind” “workaholic, way of thinking.
Let’s go a bit deeper here…
The term hustle culture refers to various types of behavioral patterns, with each having its own valuation. For instance, hustle culture is sometimes used by people wishing to express their devotion to one's career in positive terms. The "work" in question is usually associated with a paying job, but it may also refer to independent pursuits, and even personal passions focused on things such as sports, music, art, and science. However, the term is more often used to refer to a negative behavior pattern that is popularly characterized by spending an excessive amount of time on working, an inner compulsion to work hard and a neglect of family, friends, personal needs, and other social relations.
Researchers have found that in many cases, incessant work-related activity continues even after impacting the subject's relationships and physical health. The causes of it are thought to be anxiety, low self-esteem, and intimacy problems. Furthermore, hustle culture workaholics tend to have an inability to delegate work tasks to others and tend to obtain high scores on personality traits such as neuroticism, perfectionism, and conscientiousness.
Many experts believe that there are two elements at work here…
initiation of a project
… and completion of the project.
Interestingly procrastination patterns are also tied to hustle culture. This is because those with low work initiation/low work completion, and Attention-Deficit Workaholics - those with high work initiation and low work completion, fit into this type of behavior.
Some folks are relentless workaholics – who have high work completion, and yet over time they tend to be less effective than other workers because they have difficulty working as part of a team, trouble delegating or entrusting co-workers or organizational problems due to taking on too much work at once. Moreover, workaholics often suffer sleep deprivation, which results in impaired brain and cognitive function.
The business risk that workaholism presents is an underestimated risk in companies and human resources management, which can develop into an existential threat to a business.
Here are seven ways to start overcoming workaholism:
Commit to fixing the problem. ...
Talk to your boss, friends, and family. ...
Practice setting boundaries. ...
Rest intentionally. ...
Pursue health in all areas of life. ...
Make sure you're in the right job.
Take a short meditation break, every hour. …
Learn about quiet quitting - Doing the minimum requirements of one's job and putting in no more time, effort, or enthusiasm than absolutely necessary.
Seek professional help. I offer a great life coaching program for breaking the chains of Hustle Culture - ask me about it by dropping me an email at Lewisciaches@gmail.com
Take one of my short courses on self-improvement . …
Join our self-improvement life-style community on Facebook
Here is a BBC lifestyle article on hustle culture…
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230417-hustle-culture-is-this-the-end-of-rise-and-grind
Here is today’s podcast on Making wise choices for Self Improvement…
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About the author: Lewis Harrison, is a public intellectual and has been mentoring and coaching visionaries, world class athletes, and thought leaders for over half a century. The former host of an NPR affiliated radio show, he is the author of over twenty best-selling books on self-improvement, self-help, personal transformation, and human potential.
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