this edition of the [no hustle] huddle went out on Monday 4th March 2024

Ever heard of Scope Creep? The process of having others add new *stuff* to a project that wasn’t part of the initial spec?

Yeah, course’ you have 😠

I watched a video a few days ago (shared below) that reminded me of SCOPE CREEP; only not the kind others place on you, rather what you place on yourself.

It’s a huge issue and one you may not realize you face.

We dive into that soon, but first, here’s this week’s content 👇

from the [no hustle] community

Lessons Learned From Tolkien — last year, I read the entire Tolkien Mythology … this is what I learned ⚔️

The Myth of Work-Life Balance — Work/Life Balance may actually be leading to the Scope Creep you impose on yourself 🫢

3 actions to take this week

🔖 bookmark this → 31 money lessons learned from a life worth living.

📺 watch this → this is the video that inspired today’s edition; more on it below 😉

💪 DO THIS → Identify Where You’ve Scope Crept Your Life — Spend some time thinking about the aspects of your life that no longer feel in alignment … have the rules changed? have you changed the spec? if so, was this intentional, or has it all just kinda crept up on you?

this week’s featured book

Live Your Truth by Kamal Ravikant — The only way to stop imposing Scope Creep on your fine self is to live the life YOU need to live. This book shows you how, and it happens to be one of my all-time faves.

The writer is top-notch, too… speaking of 👇👇 

🎙️ pass the mic

The author of the above book is Kamal Ravikant, a fine mind and someone I was stoked to interview for Beyond The Pale.

He doesn’t share much on social media, so if you want to follow his journey you’ll need to read his books. Live Your Truth is a great place to start, but I also love his fable: Rebirth.

Check them, and him out 👍

🎤 drop the mic

Okay, so what have Scope Creep and Hustle Culture got in common?

To appreciate this, you need to watch the video from Matt D’Avella ◀️

It’s a powerful one so I encourage you to watch it 👀

What I took from it is how we often throw ourselves into Hustle Culture because we feel like it’s what we need to do; the path ahead is the only one to take. 

In Matt’s case, it involved building a team and a proper business.

He had become successful so NOT doing this would be a disservice!

But a disservice to who, exactly?

That’s where it begins. Not knowing WHY you’re doing something — and then, bit by bit, it gets out of control. 

At first, it’s not noticeable; a little sacrifice here and there, but nothing noticeable.

Drip… drip… drip… drip… before you know, you’re empty.

Just like SCOPE CREEP in a project given to you by another, you do this to yourself, it running in the background of your life. You start with one set of specs, but a tweak here and there, and before you know it, it’s a whole new project.

This is a problem in the working world, sure, but it’s worse when YOU are the one doing it to yourself 🫵

It was great to see Matt record this video and make the tough choices he had to make. It shows he recognized his descent into “the hustle” before it was too late.

Many are not so lucky 😞

The question is, are you? Will you course-correct before it’s too late?

Thanks for reading today, and thank you for being YOU 🙏

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