You shouldn’t feel any guilt if you are truly just trying to maintain your ability to do good, hard work! If we feel like we are conscientiously lowering our bar for ourselves and giving ourselves a pass for laziness, then those are some good markers indicating too much grace. I would say you’re overdoing it if you find yourself making excuses, because we don’t typically make excuses unless we have something to feel a tiny bit guilty about. Sometimes we show grace to others and then we show ourselves nothing but resentment and negativity.īut can we overdo it with the grace we show ourselves? Absolutely! Grace is also treating yourself with the same level of understanding and forgiveness that you extend to others. Grace is accepting mistakes, forgiving yourself, and moving forward. Grace is trying to reach your goals on Monday, falling short, knowing when to call it quits, and then returning to the drawing board the next morning with just as much effort. On the opposite side of the spectrum is grace, but what is it? Grace is that “alright, work has been super crazy this week, so I am going to skip tomorrow’s workout for an extra hour of sleep” thought process every once in awhile. Grit is nothing more than a good habit of demanding excellence and effort from yourself, which is why throwing in the towel and quitting on your consistency every Friday through Sunday is just ruining the progress that you make during the week. The biggest tip I have when it comes to developing grit is staying consistent. Pay attention when it signals different lights to you like maintenance required! Your body is like the dashboard in your car. If you feel like your brain has to push through thick mental fog every afternoon, that is another queue. If you fall asleep the second your head hits the pillow, that usually means you are approaching somewhat chronic fatigue. Pay attention to the cues your body gives you that it needs a little more rest. Self awareness is simple, but definitely not easy. One of the biggest things to pay attention to in order to avoid overdoing it on the hard-work side of things is to simply pay attention. But how do we know when we might be overdoing it? Grit is an amazing trait to have and to continue developing so much so that it has become a massive buzzword in the leadership community. Grit can take a number of different shapes and sizes in my opinion. ![]() Or, maybe you’re goal oriented, you don’t skip assignments, you push past comfort in a workout. Maybe you say no to weekend plans to study so that you can make deans list every semester. Maybe you have multiple passions you’re trying to pursue at once, so you wake up extra early when it’s still dark outside to have the productive morning hours that you can devote to endeavors outside of the normal work or school day. The Merriam-webster definition of grit is a “firmness of mind or spirit unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger” Grit is discipline and pushing through adversity or unexpected setbacks. Let’s start by unpacking the very basics: What is grit? I don’t want to get burnt out, but I also don’t want to look back on the past with regret that I didn’t put in more effort. ![]() But, an inconsistent commitment to work and a low tolerance for the stress that sometimes comes from it leads to getting nowhere close towards your dreams. The fact of the matter is that we need to fall in the middle of working hard (grit) and resting (grace!) or else one of the extremes will limit our long term growth.ġ00% hard work and 0% play leads to burnout, exhaustion, and lack of passion and drive. Maybe this is just me, but I personally feel like we are bombarded with so many messages toggling between 2 unsustainable extremes. On the other hand, we are told that it is a-okay in the name of “self care” to literally stay in bed all weekend watching Netflix. On the one hand, we’re told that we have to grind to shine and work our butts off in the cut throat world of business to get what you want. ![]() Tune in to the full episode here! Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts This is a balance I have to be intentional about almost every day. ![]() How do we know when to call it quits to get some rest before the next day instead of just pushing through fatigue? How do we strike the perfect balance between grit & grace - between giving something our all and really working hard?īetween demanding the best from ourselves and showing ourselves grace when we fall short?
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