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How Overwork Well-Used Will Propulse You

Oh gosh, did I use to hate overwork… Until I realized this.

Mathias Barra
3 min readSep 7, 2019

Who hasn’t been overwork?

Whether it’s your fault for not studying or preparing ahead, or even just something unexpected falling on your shoulders, we’ve all found ourselves in a situation which appears incontrollable and way too much for us.

Yet, somehow those situations have all ended at one point…

Only to reappear later.

So, instead of fearing those, hoping they don’t come back or willingly overworking ourselves ahead as preemptive damage control, why not embrace them?

No, I’m not telling you to start loving being overworked.

Some people do. But I’m guessing you don’t.

Bring the right mindset to the table

If you can’t avoid or predict it, then forget about it until the situation arises.

While our brains can hold on a ton load of information, it still gets tired. Keeping that fear in your head just prevents yourself from doing something else well.

If you realize you’re becoming overworked, look yourself in the mirror with confidence and tell yourself a big, strong:

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Mathias Barra
Mathias Barra

Written by Mathias Barra

French polyglot speaking 6 languages. Writer. Helping you learn languages. Get my new ebook → https://linktr.ee/MathiasBarra

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