Why Working Hard Damages Your Brain (And how to fix it)
A Big Lesson From a Multimillionaire
I once got to coach an amazing entrepreneur who rapidly grew a multi-million dollar business from scratch and got ranked as an INC 5000 Fastest growing company in America.
And he did all this from scratch after having hit rock bottom.
He built his business up from a point where he lost all his money, his second wife just left him for someone else, and he was still responsible for paying over $2K/month in child care support.
And he shared with me about how the only way to get the results he did was to work his tail off and fight hard.
But I disagreed with him.
When you feel you are out of options and feel cornered, your brain enters into a reactive mode known as the survival state.
He shared with me that from that moment on, he had to keep his head down, put his shoulder up, and bash through brick wall after brick wall.
But here’s the thing. There are a couple of disadvantages when you are in this state of survival
- Your brain literally cannot think — Imagine a snake you see out of the corner of your eye. You…
