From a young age, many of us are taught that hard work is the key to success—persistence pays off, never give up, no pain no gain. And while discipline and effort certainly matter, sometimes we can get trapped in a cycle of “more effort” without seeing results. In his book You² (You Squared), Price Pritchett challenges this assumption, suggesting that pouring in more hard work can actually hinder us from making the leaps we want in performance. Instead, true breakthroughs often require us to ret