For a long time, I prided myself on always being busy. My full calendar was my proof that I was successful, that I was needed. I thought that anyone who worked hard had made it. But at some point I realized that I was losing myself in the process. I was constantly tired, irritable and never really present – neither for myself nor for others. In the latest episode of Männer in Krise, Frank Rechsteiner says the following: “I probably work more productively in five hours than others do in ten.” This sentence struck me deeply because it shows that it’s not about doing more, but about living more consciously. Today I see work differently. I work less, but with more focus and purpose. I no longer plan breaks – I live them. I make time for things that are good for me and I stop defining myself by my calendar. I have understood that success has nothing to do with constant stress, but with clarity, energy and awareness. Today, I work because I want to – not because I have to. And that’s exactly what real success feels like.
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