Advice from Sam Altman’s coach that’ll piss off every hustle culture bro
Joe Hudson, executive coach to Sam Altman and other top CEOs, joins My First Million to explain why grinding hurts performance and what actually drives success.
The gist
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The most successful people Hudson coaches work far fewer hours than peers, with decisiveness and emotional maturity mattering more than effort.
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Avoiding a feeling through hard work tends to produce that exact feeling, so Hudson says to fall in love with difficult emotions instead.
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When you notice a limiting belief like 'I must suffer to succeed,' treat it as a childhood pattern, not a fact about reality.
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Run weekly experiments instead of rigid systems, such as trying to enjoy a task 10% more without changing anything, then iterate.
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