What if your 60-75% is everyone else's 100%?

What???

It's so easy to compare yourself to colleagues in the professional world.

They're the benchmarks that help you figure out if you're doing enough.

Is someone else working more or doing more?

How much do you have to do to be "on par"?

But what that comparing doesn't consider is that it's actually not about time.

It's not even about how much you do.

It's about the results you create.

It's about the value you bring to your work. The experience that you've accumulated that impacts what you create and how you work.

And as a mom, it's about what you manage outside of work, that impacts how you do your work.

If you're anything like my clients, you're hard-working, intelligent, resourceful, resilient, and creative (to name just a few attributes).

You get the job done. Always.

And if you can't, you create a plan for how it will get done or who you can delegate it to or how you can get help.

And so, I would offer, that you likely work circles around everyone in your vicinity.

That your 100% effort is equivalent to someone else's 60% or 75% effort.

Which means, *newsflash*, that you can pull back if you need or want to. (gasp!)

Even just a little! And there will be no significant impact.

In fact, it'll probably go unnoticed.

Because even pulling back 5 or 10% means that you're still producing more value than most.

Which begs the question - just because we can give 100%, does it mean we have to?

Sure, there will be seasons or projects or deadlines that require you to go all in. To work extra or overtime because it's important - to you, to the work, to your career, to your job security.

But that means that after, you can and should pull back. And not feel bad about it.

You don't have to feel guilty for doing less sometimes, because really, is it really less?

I feel very strongly that one of the ways I was able to create better work life balance for myself, was by reminding myself of this very thing.

My 70% is someone else's 100%.

That acknowledgement gave me permission to breathe. To slow down just a little. To stop hustling so hard.

I started looking for proof and examples that my brain, my experience, my skills were working for me all the time, which meant work didn't have to be so effortful.

It helped me see how well I manage my time.

And it helped boost my confidence to show up at work like an expert, who has great ideas and knows what she's doing without burning myself out or working so hard and so much to prove it.

What if you believed it too?

That your 70% (or whatever percentage feels true for you) effort is everyone else's 100%.

Would you be able to slow down, just a little, knowing that you're still creating value and doing amazing work? You're just doing it in a way that feels better and is more sustainable.

These belief shifts and reminders are what you get when you work with me 1:1. You already done the hard part of acquiring the skills, the experience, and the knowledge, I'm just here to remind you of what's most important and to lovingly remind you that putting in more hours and effort isn't the only way to create great a meaningful career and life.

Here's Your Permission to Work Less

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