Devotion beats discipline every single time.

I took my first full week off in 2 years last week.

No calls. No emails. No “quick behind-the-scenes stuff.” Just... off.

It felt fantastic.

Long walks. Meals with friends that lasted 3 hours. No alarms. Sleep when I’m tired. Wake when I’m rested.

You know what’s funny?

I used to think that would make me feel guilty — like I was being lazy or losing my edge.

But I’ve realized something important about how I run my business (and my life):

Devotion beats discipline every single time.

Here’s what I mean...

Discipline is waking up at 5am because some dude on the internet said successful people do that.
It’s forcing yourself to work when you’re fried.
It’s treating your time blocks like gospel.

Miss a day? You failed. Streak broken. Back to zero.

Discipline is rigid. And it doesn’t give a crap about what you actually need.

Devotion is different.

Devotion means I love my business and myself enough to know when rest is the move. When taking a full week off will make me sharper when I come back.

Devotion looks like discipline from the outside — early mornings, focused work, doing hard things.

But the intent is completely different.

With devotion, rest isn’t failure. It’s strategy.
It’s not breaking the streak — it’s extending it.

Look, I’m not saying be lazy. I’m not saying stop working hard.

I’m saying if you’re devoted to building something great, you get to decide what that looks like.
And sometimes it looks like sleeping in and eating good food with people you like.

The hustle bros won’t tell you that. But they’re also kinda miserable, so who cares?

Now obviously this takes practice. You need to know the difference between rest and avoidance. (Or hire a coach who’ll call you on your BS.)

But you own this business.
Shouldn’t your relationship with productivity work for you instead of against you?

Just something to think about.

I’m back to work now and feeling great. That week off made me a better operator.

Try it sometime.

— Jason