Stop Hustling and Start Aligning: What Jennifer Hough Taught Me About Getting Out of Your Own Way
Sep 26, 2025
Stop Hustling and Start Aligning: What Jennifer Hough Taught Me About Getting Out of Your Own Way
Everything you've been told about building a successful life is backwards.
I just had a conversation with Jennifer Hough, founder of The Wide Awakening, that blew my mind. This woman has helped leaders in over 35 countries generate more than $200 million in results—not by working harder, but by getting out of their own way.
Here's what hit me: I've been teaching for years about choosing pleasure over hustle—it's the first part of my Goddess Secret Sauce. But Jennifer took this concept to a whole new level. She uses quantum physics to prove scientifically why ease and alignment aren't just nicer ways to live—they're how life is actually designed to work.
The Question That Will Change Your Life
You know how the quality of your life is determined by the quality of questions you ask? Jennifer just gave me the most powerful one I've ever heard. Grab a pen:
"What is the greatest thing I can do that would cause the most fulfillment, make the biggest difference with the least amount of effort, using the skills I already have, that would have me waking up inspired and going to bed knowing I did what I came to the planet for?"
This isn't about your next business idea. This is about aligning with your actual purpose. Jennifer's friend started Earth Day International using this approach—he didn't hustle his way to a global movement, he aligned with it.
Ask yourself this question every day for a week. Don't try to answer it immediately. Just let it marinate.
Your Actions Matter More Than Your Vision Board
The universe doesn't respond to vision boards. It responds to your choices.
Jennifer told me about a client who found an old vision board with the exact truck she'd just bought. Most people would say "manifestation works!" Jennifer saw it differently: consciousness knew she'd buy that truck before she ever made the board.
Here's what this means: Stop visualizing and start acting like the person who already has what you want. You're made of 75 trillion cells containing atoms that create everything from nothing. Every choice tells those atoms what to rearrange for you.
You are a walking intention. Not your thoughts—your actions.
Time Isn't Linear (And That Changes Everything)
According to quantum physics, all possibilities exist right now. Jennifer explained it like a flipbook—every frame exists at once, but we only see one at a time.
Your life is that flipbook. Every version of yourself already exists. You don't have to earn your way to success sequentially. You can leap to any frame you want.
This is why some people have "overnight success." They're not lucky—they hop to a different frame instead of flipping through every page.
Stop thinking you need to do A, then B, then C to get to Z. Start acting like you're already at Z.
Your Purpose Isn't What You Do—It's Who You Are
Your purpose isn't a job title. It's the energy you bring into every room.
Ask your closest friend: "What changes when I show up?" Their answer is your purpose. That's your superpower you can apply to anything.
When you walk into a room, your 75 trillion cells emit biophotons that communicate who you are. That instant feeling about someone? That's real science. When you understand the gift that you ARE, you can stop trying to figure out what to do and start being who you already are.
Miracles Should Be Your New Normal
Here's Jennifer's most radical statement: "Miracles should be called normals."
We think struggle is noble, that if it's not hard, it's not worth it. But what if ease and flow are actually how we're designed to live?
Jennifer went from painfully shy to building a multimillion-dollar business by getting into alignment instead of grinding. She stopped trying to prove herself and started asking better questions. Result? Everything she wanted showed up within a week.
This isn't about being lazy. Jennifer takes massive action—but only when it feels magical and aligned. When it stops feeling magical, she takes a break.
Here's my challenge: For 30 days, stop making everything so hard. Ask that life-changing question. Pay attention to your actions, not just intentions. Act like the version of yourself you want to become.
Because according to Jennifer and quantum physics—that version already exists. You just need to hop to that frame.
