{"id":15390,"date":"2023-09-14T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?p=15390"},"modified":"2023-09-25T01:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:27:35","slug":"before-burn-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/14\/before-burn-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Before You Burn Yourself Out Working, Do This"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous two lessons, I shared why you should pay attention to successful people\u2019s career capital rather than their personal quirks<\/a> when trying to emulate their achievements. Next, I applied the economic model of supply and demand to understand why some people are able to negotiate great career perks<\/a>\u2014money, autonomy, flexibility\u2014while others are not.<\/p>\n

Career capital, particularly rare and valuable skills, is the starting point for finding work you love. But how do you get them?<\/p>\n

A tempting answer is simply to work hard. While it\u2019s true that success requires hard work and most successful people tend to be hard workers, working hard does not guarantee success. <\/p>\n

While it\u2019s nearly impossible to build rare and valuable skills without hard work, tons of people work hard but still don\u2019t have great career capital. As a result, despite their great work ethic, they don\u2019t get the same perks that true top performers do.<\/p>\n

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Cal and My First Lesson from 8+ Years of Top Performer<\/h2>\n
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