The Most Important Tip for Long-Term Productivity? Protect the Asset.

Guess What Your Biggest Asset Is?

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Our work demands a lot of us, and we self demand a lot of ourselves.

But there is one important truth, that you should never overlook when it comes to long-term productivity: Rule number one is that you need to protect the asset.

But what is the most important asset you got?

Nothing is as vital to your work, today and forever in the future, like yourself.

Therefore, you should understand that you can do less if you don’t protect your biggest asset, yourself.

It’s okay to hustle.

It’s okay to love your work.

It is okay to work more than anyone you know because you want to.

Just don’t overdo it.

It’s not okay to neglect your feelings, health, and the rest of your life.

If you strip yourself too thin over a timespan that’s too long, it will harm everything, including all you worked so hard for.

Feeling overwhelmed is real.

Depression is real.

Burnout is real.

A lack of drive that steams from having worked yourself too hard is real.

So don’t let it come too far.

Protect your biggest asset, protect yourself.

And don’t let hustle culture, a wrong understanding of productivity, or your ambition get into the way of your best work and your best life.