What's Missing?
- Adam T. Hurd
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
The Simple Newsletter - Issue # 073
Adam’s Thoughts
Growth.
More.
Bigger.
Growth.
Next.
Growth.
Everybody’s chasing growth.
But most of that desire for growth actually comes from dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfaction with cash flow.
Dissatisfaction with how much you still have to do yourself.
Dissatisfaction with how much time work takes away from the rest of your life.
So we convince ourselves:
“I need more money so I can work less.”
“I need more employees so I can stop doing the things I hate.”
“I need more growth so I can finally relax.”
Everything becomes about getting more… so you can do less.
But lately, I’ve realized something.
That dissatisfaction isn’t really about wanting more.
It’s about not asking a new question.
Because success creates a question most people never stop long enough to ask:
What does success even mean to me now?
You see, many people hit a level of success, feel dissatisfied, and assume the answer is to simply push harder at the same things that got them here.
So they do more.
Work harder.
Push faster.
Believing that eventually, enough “more” will finally create happiness.
But happiness is when nothing is missing.
And the strange thing is… a lot of the time, nothing actually is missing.
That weird dissatisfaction you feel?
It’s not because you need more.
It’s because you’ve reached the end of the road at this level.
There’s nothing else for you here.
You don’t need to push harder against the wall.
You need to ask a different question.
Adam’s Lessons
Growth doesn’t happen because you keep forcing yourself against your current ceiling.
Growth happens when you realize the ceiling belongs to an old version of you.
You’ve already changed.
You may not feel like it, but you have.
You now have:
more experience
more knowledge
more perspective
more skill
Than the person who originally set these goals.
But you’re still trying to win the old game.
That’s why it feels empty.
That’s why the dissatisfaction shows up.
Not because something is missing…
But because you haven’t yet defined what success means for this new version of yourself.
And once you ask that question honestly…
A whole new level appears.
A whole new gap opens between where you are and what’s now possible.
That’s where growth lives.
Not in more effort.
In a new direction.
So maybe the question isn’t:
“How do I get more?”
Maybe the question is:
“What does success actually look like for me now?”
So here’s my question for you this week:
Have you clearly defined what success looks like for the current version of you — or are you still chasing goals created by an older version of yourself?
Reply and tell me. While I can’t respond to every message, Tom and I read every reply, and we genuinely appreciate hearing from you.
That’s all for this week.
See you next Saturday.
P.S.
If someone asks you, “How’s the business?” and it makes you pause longer than it should… there’s probably a reason for that. Click below to find out why so many business owners struggle to explain where they really are.
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