Your not-best is good enough.

There’s this pressure to create A+ work. To do your best. To be the best.

You push yourself. You work overtime, overgive. Prioritize the work over the things you’d rather be doing. Because you feel like you have to. Or you should.

But the truth is, mostly, B level work will do just fine.

Less effort, less time, usually means just as good as (if not better) results.

Half a$$ing it can be your super power.

Because when you don’t put so much effort in, you aren’t as attached to the outcome of it. You’re able to take constructive feedback better. It’s less personal. You’re able to be more agile, pivoting easier.

You’re also able to fill your cup more. Be, do and have the things that really matter to you. Play more. Work less.

And when you’re taking care of yourself this way, you’re even more creative. Even more open. More good ideas come your way.

It’s a positive feedback loop. Life and work gets easier.

I see this all the time.

Like my client who was working after his kids’ bedtime every night, tweaking his product presentations and feeling so burnout. His biggest shift - allowing B level work instead of worrying about creating A+ work. When he let the presentations be complete earlier, he stopped having to work at night. He had more time for himself and his marriage. But the biggest change - at work, he got even more positive feedback. His ideas were more creative and inspiring they said.

A win win win.

Or my client who felt so much pressure to be 100% everyday at work that she was feeling the burnout. Trying to perform for the job but dragging herself to work everyday. Feeling like she could never win. The minute she let herself give 50% if that’s what she had for the day, was the moment she started feeling better. Her motivation came back. She started to enjoy work again. It started feeling easier - so much so that her boss noted her “spark was back!”

Little changes make a big difference. B level work can set you free.

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