Benjamin Hardy
Organizational psychologist and author of 'Be Your Future Self Now' and 'The Gap and The Gain,' known for his work on identity, future-self psychology, and high performance.
Circuit updated September 27, 2026
- Benjamin Hardy says 10X growth requires cutting 80 percent of your life
“Whereas with 2x, you can keep 80% of your life. With 10x you have to get rid of 80% of your life. And 80% means that it got you here, but it won't get you there. Only the best 20% can stay.” 13:47
- Benjamin Hardy Says You're Measuring Yourself Wrong, and He Has the Viktor Frankl Story to Prove It
“When you're in the gap, you're measuring yourself against your ideals, which are always changing, always moving.” 5:05
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“Whereas with 2x, you can keep 80% of your life. With 10x you have to get rid of 80% of your life. And 80% means that it got you here, but it won't get you there. Only the best 20% can stay.”
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“I actually had probably 25 really great podcasts scheduled and other other things and we just said literally we can't do we can only do like three or four of them.”
Benjamin Hardy · Young and Profiting -
“you don't actually get better through habits. Um, and if you actually study the research on deliberate practice, deliberate practice is the opposite of habits.”
Benjamin Hardy · Young and Profiting -
“My deep desire to rewrite that book anew and publish it allowed me to overcome the rigors and the pain of the camps.”
Benjamin Hardy · Young and Profiting -
“When you're in the gap, you're measuring yourself against your ideals, which are always changing, always moving.”
Benjamin Hardy · Young and Profiting -
“Okay, throw away your smart goals. Whatever your goals are, they're not smart. Go for an impossible goal.”
Benjamin Hardy · Young and Profiting
Benjamin Hardy says 10X growth requires cutting 80 percent of your life
The productivity guru’s sharpest claim is not to grind harder, but to delete most of the life that made you successful so far.
Benjamin Hardy Says You're Measuring Yourself Wrong, and He Has the Viktor Frankl Story to Prove It
The organizational psychologist behind 'The Gap and the Gain' explains why hitting your goals might make you feel worse, and what Mr. Beast figured out at 17 that most adults never do.