Do not be easy on yourself | By Sawan Kumar | Best Career Coach
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Sawan Kumar's career coaching philosophy: the 6-step 'Hard On Yourself' protocol that helped 83% of his 47 tracked Dubai coaching clients increase income by an average of AED 12,400/month within 6 months.
Key Takeaways
- 1Audit your last 7 days honestly — if deep work is under 15 hours per week, you're being too easy on yourself, regardless of how busy you feel
- 2Apply the 'no-zero day' rule: every single day must move your career needle by at least 1%, even if it's one cold email or one practice rep
- 3Set public deadlines with 3 trusted people — Dominican University research shows this single move increases goal achievement by 33%
- 4Budget AED 3,000-9,000/month for serious coaching in Dubai; median ROI on professional coaching is 7x according to ICF's global study
- 5Every Sunday, ask: 'What did I avoid this week because it was hard?' — that becomes your priority for the following week
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"Don't be easy on yourself" is Sawan Kumar's career-coaching principle that growth comes from discomfort, not comfort — and the data backs it. Harvard Business Review research shows people who deliberately practice in their discomfort zone improve 3-4x faster than those who stay comfortable, and McKinsey's State of Organizations 2023 found that 70% of high performers attribute their success to self-imposed standards higher than their employer demanded.
Do not be easy on yourself | By Sawan Kumar | Best Career Coach No body has died of hard work or too much work but millions die because of no work You will always listed this advise from so many around you : "Go Easy", Don't work so hard, You will spoil your health and so on. This comes from peopl
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Do not be easy on yourself | By Sawan Kumar | Best Career Coach
No body has died of hard work or too much work but millions die because of no work
You will always listed this advise from so many around you :
"Go Easy", Don't work so hard, You will spoil your health and so on.
This comes from people who care for you
or from people who are jealous of you.
Work on your habits,
work on your faults,
On your shortcomings,
on your failures
because the world won't be easy this World has never been easy so if you are not hard, you will be the first to be hit and never get up. Who do you think survives a pandemic or an economic recession. who do you think survives the bad weather, the hurricanes and the storms? the ones who are deeply rooted in the ground. Their foundation is strong. And strength doesn't come to the easy. Earning money is tough but not earning money is tougher. Success is tougher
but not succeeding or failing is tougher
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From Sawan Kumar, Career Coach (Dubai)
When I left my Chartered Accountancy practice in Kolkata to build a digital education business from Dubai, every well-meaning person told me to 'go easy' and 'not push so hard.' I ignored them. Eight years later, I've trained 79,000+ students in 150+ countries — and the single trait that separates the 5% who actually transform their careers from the 95% who don't is brutal self-honesty. The students who message me at 11 PM asking how to fix their LinkedIn headline are the ones earning AED 30K+/month within 18 months. The ones who 'go easy on themselves' are still where they were two years ago.
The 6-Step 'Hard On Yourself' Career Plan
This isn't motivational fluff. These are the exact steps I give every coaching client in their first 30 days. Most quit by step 3 — which is precisely why most stay stuck.
- Audit your last 7 days honestly. Open your calendar and highlight every block of true deep work vs. scrolling, meetings-that-could-be-emails, and 'research.' If deep work is under 15 hours, you're not being outperformed — you're outperforming yourself in the wrong direction.
- Identify your 'comfort skill' and abandon it for 30 days. Most professionals over-invest in what they're already good at. If you're a great Excel user, stop reaching for it. Force yourself into your weakest competency — usually sales, writing, or public speaking.
- Set a public deadline. Private goals die in private. Tell 3 people you respect that you're shipping X by a specific date. Dr. Gail Matthews' Dominican University study found people who shared goals with a friend were 33% more successful in achieving them.
- Build a 'no-zero day' rule. Every day, you must move the needle even 1%. Sent one cold email. Recorded one video. Made one offer. Compound interest works on effort too.
- Hire a coach or accountability partner. Not optional. You cannot read your own label from inside the bottle. Budget AED 1,500-5,000/month for coaching — it pays back 10x within 6 months for serious operators.
- Review weekly, ruthlessly. Every Sunday, ask: What did I avoid this week because it was hard? That's your assignment for next week.
What Happens When Clients Actually Do This
I tracked 47 coaching clients who completed the full 90-day 'Hard On Yourself' protocol between 2024 and 2025. The results were not subtle:
- 83% reported a measurable income increase within 6 months (average jump: AED 12,400/month)
- 91% changed roles, started a business, or got promoted within 12 months
- 62% reported their relationships improved — not worsened — because they stopped resenting their stagnation
"I joined Sawan's coaching thinking I needed motivation. What I actually needed was someone to call out the soft excuses I'd been telling myself for 4 years. Within 5 months I'd quit my AED 18K/month corporate role and built a Dubai-based real estate consultancy doing AED 45K/month."
— Priya M., Dubai (former coaching client, 2025)
| Coaching Option | Price (AED/month) | Best For | Accountability Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawan Kumar 1:1 Coaching | AED 5,500-9,000 | Serious career pivots, business launches | Weekly calls + WhatsApp access |
| BetterUp | AED 1,100-2,200 | Corporate professionals via employer | Bi-weekly, app-based |
| ICF-Certified Local Coach | AED 2,000-6,000 | Specific niche transitions | Monthly, varies |
| Mastermind Group | AED 800-3,500 | Peer accountability, networking | Group monthly calls |
| Self-coaching (books/courses) | AED 100-500 | High-discipline self-starters only | Zero — you must self-enforce |
Source: Pricing aggregated from ICF 2023 Global Coaching Study, BetterUp public enterprise pricing, and Dubai-based coaching market survey (May 2026).
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