Your 80-hour week is costing you money (at the least)

The weird pattern I noticed in successful CEOs...

The 'Energy Secret' That's Replacing The 80-Hour Workweek

Inside today’s issue, you'll discover…

  • Why adding more hours is actually destroying your business (and the simple "energy flip" that changes everything)

  • The counter-intuitive success pattern I noticed after connecting with executives from McKinsey, BlackRock and PayPal

  • How one entrepreneur grew his business by working LESS (and the framework we used to make it happen)

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Hey reader, It’s David.

Want to know the most expensive "asset" killing your business right now?

Your 80-hour workweek.

But not for the reason you think...

See, most entrepreneurs defend their long hours:

  • "I have to work this much - there's too much to do!"

  • "Nobody else can handle these decisions..."

  • "Just need to push through this phase..."

I used to think the same way.

Until I noticed something fascinating from my network of executives at companies like McKinsey, BlackRock, and PayPal.

The most successful leaders don't make better time management decisions...

They make better ENERGY management decisions.

Here's what I mean:

Think about your own peak energy windows during the day...

When do you have your best ideas?

When do you make your clearest decisions?

When are you most creative and strategic?

I bet it's not during hour 11 of a marathon workday.

In fact, I've never met an entrepreneur who makes world-class decisions after already working 9+ hours. Have you?

What's worse is that those extra hours aren't just unnecessary - they can actively destroy your business.

Because when you're exhausted and stressed...

  • You snap at your best employee over something minor... and they quit.

  • You rush through a proposal and underprice a massive contract... which at best, leaves you miserable while fulfilling your promises - or at worst, leaves you out of pocket once all is said and done.

  • Or you make an emotional purchase on the next shiny object that’ll “save your business this time”… Only to have it collecting dust.

(Been there…)

Then you'll spend weeks - sometimes months - cleaning up these tired decisions.

All because you were running on fumes when you made them.

But it doesn’t have to be this way forever… 

You see, we recently worked with an entrepreneur who cut back from 80 hours to 40 by focusing on his peak energy windows...

…And as a result - his business grew.

The math is simple:

40 focused hours > 80 scattered hours

Think about it:

If you're working 80 hours a week...

That's 11.5 hours every single day...

Including weekends...

Just to keep things running.

That's not a business strategy. That's energy mismanagement.

And the worst part?

Those extra hours are making you:

  • Make worse decisions because you’re exhausted

  • Miss opportunities because you're too busy "grinding"

  • And are slowly kill your creativity and problem-solving abilities

But there's a better way.

We've proven it's possible to…

…Cut your hours in half while growing your revenue and actually enjoy running your business again.

Want to know the exact framework we used to help our client optimize his energy, not just his time?

Hit reply and let me know if you're ready to escape the 80-hour trap - and I’ll send you back the framework we implemented for our client. 

Because building a successful business shouldn't mean sacrificing everything else that matters.

David

P.S. Your family misses you. Let's fix that.

That's it for this week!

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