Hustlers and Seekers: How to Crush It and Find Fulfillment—Without Losing Your Mind

Chapter

5

The Cardinal Myth: You Must Pick One or the Other

Will you be a hustler, or will you be a seeker?

(Drumroll.)

This moment of reckoning means you’ll have to pick one side, one team, one way of acting, being, and doing—but you can’t pick both. Binary. Black or white. Chocolate or peanut butter. Don’t worry: only your life, future, performance, and fulfillment rest on the weight of this decision. And the clock’s ticking . . . you better make your pick.

Now.

Since both sides give the illusion of separation, that they’re fundamentally different from each other and are headed to unique destinations, it’s easy to fall for this. Add in social dynamics where hustlers tend to hang with other hustlers, and seekers congregate with seekers, we ...