John Wetmore says successful people stay busy because shortcuts like buying old leads keep you on a hamster wheel. He'll work hard temporarily to reach the next level, but only if it leads somewhere sustainable. Most people stay unhappy because they're trapped in relentless, low-value hustle.
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I am busy, but not as busy as y'all think. I don't have to go all in all day every day anymore, you know, do more. I talk about it all the time. My least favorite response to that, and the people who I, I hate, is when they go, work smarter, not harder. I get that on my comments all the fucking time, and I'm like, can we not do both? Like, why do we have to work smart and less? I don't understand that. And if you want to, cool. I find it weird though that people do that and also complain about their situation. That part's really confusing to If you want to work less and you're happy, I'll give you a high five. I'll be the first one. But most people are unhappy, you know what I mean? So for me, dude, I'm like, whatever it takes to get to the next level. And hopefully I find a way that that's not my living forever, because I'm going to navigate to find a way out of that permanently. And I think some people are willing to navigate for a little while, and then it feels like a hamster wheel, and they only want to knock on doors because it's cheaper, or they only want to buy the 4-year-old leads because it's cheaper and the ROI is heavy. I'm like, I don't know, that don't sound fun for me forever.