Often, we are told to do more. And that, if we don’t do as much or more than others, then we’re somehow not worthy of success and will never achieve it.   To be completely honest with you, I sometimes feel this way.  For example, I spend time talking to and following my friend Pat Flynn over at SmartPassiveIncome.com.   That guy is a machine.  He get's so much done, and the quality of his work is so high — it is really shocking.   Sometimes I feel like I am not doing enough by comparison.

But then I snap out of it.  Here's the deal.  if you’re someone who is sick of trying to constantly do more, I have good news for you: this comparison myth that you always need to do more than the next guy simply isn’t true.

Yes, it’s important that you work hard.  And, yes, it’s important that you dedicate yourself to your work. But it isn’t true that slaving away for endless amounts of hours will bring you great success. In fact, to the contrary, many successful businesses have sprung out of simple ideas that arose from big-picture insights.

If you want to gain those big-picture insights, you have to cut down on the amount of things you’re doing at once, so that you have time to step back, look at the big picture, and then come up with ideas.

I know that work smarter, not harder is an over-used cliche, but it got to the level of cliche for a reason.  Don't kill yourself.  Internet marketing is a marathon, not a sprint.

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