Do You Really Want This—Or Just the View from the Mountaintop?
The Hardest Part of My Job~
People think the hardest part of my work is helping clients make big decisions.
It’s not.
The toughest aspect is witnessing someone pursue a dream that isn’t truly theirs, and realizing that when I reflect this back to them, it will seem as if I have completely shattered their reality.
I once worked with a client who left medicine to pursue fashion. She came to me because she was struggling with procrastination. She felt guilty that she couldn’t do the work— that she kept avoiding the hard, necessary steps of building her business.
She thought it was a discipline problem. A time management problem. A productivity problem.
But it wasn’t. Because procrastination isn’t the disease—it’s just the symptom. The real problem? She didn’t love the work. She loved the idea of success in fashion. Because, in her mind, success meant something deeper. It meant belonging. It meant proving something to her parents, to herself, to the world. It meant finally feeling enough.
Author #MarkManson once said he wanted to be a rock star. He loved the view from the mountaintop—the applause, the recognition, the moment of triumph. But he hated the climb. He hated hustling for gigs.He hated schlepping his equipment across New York City without a van. And that was my client’s struggle, too.
She wanted the arrival, not the journey. The outcome, not the process. And that’s why she couldn’t bring herself to do the work. Because when you love something— really love it— you don’t have to force yourself to do it.
#JustinWelsh says most people aren’t struggling because they lack effort but because they’re chasing the wrong thing. And that’s the real question. Do you actually love the process? Or do you just want the view from the mountaintop?
Everyone wants the view from the mountaintop. Few are willing to make the climb.
Because if you don’t love the climb, you’ll never make it. And if you’re chasing something just to prove your worth, you’ll never feel it once you get there. So before you beat yourself up for procrastinating—
Ask yourself:
Is this really what I want? Or is this just another mirage?
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