Successful people suffer because they work beyond their energy.
I was always taught that pressure comes when you aren't prepared or didn't work hard enough.
The truth is, this being errand boy to one hundred and fifty thousand people tires me so by night I am ready for bed instead of soirees.
There is nothing harder than working 50 pages a day, working 16 hours a day, trying to be good with only shooting rehearsals.
I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.
I work myself into the ground.
Honestly, all I ever do is work.
My buddies are like, 'You live the most amazing life!' Well, I'm working like a dog. I come home most nights and pass out on the couch.
I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.
Nobody tells you when success comes around; in its transient way, you're just working and exhausted all the time. Sometimes I think I'm just sleeping in the back of cars, d'you know what I mean?
I had worked so hard for so long that I developed a speech impediment. It happens when I get tired.
I'm working myself to death.
I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.
I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.
I'm such a workaholic.
Normally, I work 18 hours a day.
You're constantly working and missing meals. You're away from your family, and you're doing it for, like, eight months.
In the beginning, I took on every opportunity because I was so determined to get my name and music out there. You can get your sleep, but honestly your brain needs a break, too, and so many people forget that.
First year, I was in a real high pace running around and I couldn't pace myself.
At times, you get going and you think you need to work, work, work, and your body is going to get fatigued at some point.
I can't work 12 hours a day, every day for too long before it burns out.
I work all the time and find it hard to switch off.
I am used to working long hours with no sleep.
I don't really compartmentalize well. I'm in a state of anxiety and panic a lot, but it's for different reasons. It used to be because I had nothing going on, but I work very hard and there doesn't seem to be an end to it.
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
Jaggi Vasudev, known publicly as Sadhguru, is an Indian yogi and author.