# It’s Not About Working Harder

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Podcast: [The Missing Secret Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-missing-secret-podcast-5435520)
Published: 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thinkitbeit.com/its-not-about-working-harder
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In this episode of The Missing Secret Podcast , John and Kelly talk about the concept that attaining success is not about working harder. Without sounding cliché, it’s about working smarter. Both John and Kelly were blessed to take their own personal annual income to over $1 million a year by working smarter. More specifically, understanding how the human mind works. Appreciating that one’s daily actions determine their success in each area of their lives. But the majority of their daily actions, up to 95%, are unconscious. Therefore they had to gain control over their unconscious daily actions. That in a nutshell is what working smarter is all about. And here’s a great saying to appreciate. Working harder is like stepping on the accelerator when the parking brake is on if you’re not leading yourself deliberately and intelligently with a system. John also mentions another powerful saying. That you don’t rise to the level of your goals, you sink to the level of your systems. During this podcast John and Kelly also talk about the nuances of using AI. And how transformative it is. And as we said last time, the gap between the 2% in the 98% is widening. Because at two factors. The 2% have a system for intentionally leading themselves and the 98% don’t. Also the 2% is embracing AI thoroughly and completely, whereas the 98% is just dabbling with it. Buy John’s book, THE MISSING SECRET of the Legendary Book Think and Grow Rich : And a 12-minute-a-day technique to apply it here . About the Hosts: John Mitchell John’s story is pretty amazing. After spending 20 years as an entrepreneur, John was 50 years old but wasn’t as successful as he thought he should be. To rectify that, he decided to find the “top book in the world” on SUCCESS and apply that book literally Word for Word t…

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