Gen Z and Millennials Are Abandoning Hustle Culture — and Redefining Success

Younger Generations Want Ambition Without Anxiety — and Jennifer Y. Afriyie Is Giving Them the Language and Blueprint

ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, February 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A historic cultural shift is underway among younger workers. Gen Z and Millennials are walking away from burnout culture — but not from ambition. They still want success, achievement, and impact, but not at the cost of their mental health, identity, relationships, or peace.

And one new book is emerging as a voice for that movement.

Learn more at TheRestBook.com.

Rest Is the New Hustle: A Blueprint for Thriving Without Burnout, the breakout book by strategist Jennifer Y. Afriyie, is resonating deeply with younger generations who are redefining what it means to live well, work well, and succeed on their own terms.

YOUNGER GENERATIONS AREN’T “LAZY” — THEY’RE DONE WITH A BROKEN MODEL

Gen Z and Millennials have watched older generations work themselves into burnout, chronic stress, illness, and regret. They’re not interested in repeating that pattern.

Instead, they are building a new standard of success — one that allows for peace and ambition, flexibility and purpose, money and mental health, achievement and alignment, identity and impact.

Afriyie explains, “Gen Z and Millennials are not rejecting work. They’re rejecting the idea that work should cost them their sanity, their purpose, and their identity.”

A BOOK THAT SPEAKS THEIR LANGUAGE

Younger readers say Afriyie’s voice feels conversational, modern, practical, emotionally aware, and authentically grounded. Rather than shaming ambition, the book reframes it.

It offers permission to want more — without burning out to get it.

One reader wrote, “Most of us don’t understand the importance of rest because we’ve never been taught it. This book awakened something in me.”

Another shared, “I finally feel permission to want success that doesn’t break me.”

A NEW PRODUCTIVITY MOVEMENT IS EMERGING

Across workplaces, social media, and cultural conversations, Gen Z and Millennials are driving a shift away from toxic hustle culture and toward rest-driven success — a model built around clarity, emotional resilience, meaningful work, and sustainable pace.

Afriyie’s message meets the moment.

“Rest isn’t the opposite of ambition,” she says. “It’s the strategy that turns ambition into sustainable success.”

A FRAMEWORK BUILT FOR THE MODERN WORLD

Using her signature R.E.S.T. Framework™ — Reflect, Energize, Strategize, Thrive — Afriyie gives younger generations practical tools to avoid burnout cycles, design flexible lifestyles, reclaim mental and emotional energy, think clearly about career direction, prioritize health without losing momentum, and create success that aligns with their values.

It’s the kind of framework many young professionals say they’ve been searching for — but were never taught.

A NEW ERA OF SUCCESS IS TAKING SHAPE

As Gen Z and Millennials continue to reshape the workforce, Afriyie believes the shift is long overdue.

“The future of success will be built on clarity, creativity, mental health, and emotional resilience,” she says. “Gen Z and Millennials aren’t running from work — they’re redefining it.”

ABOUT JENNIFER Y. AFRIYIE

Jennifer Y. Afriyie is a keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and creator of The R.E.S.T. Framework™. Known for her bold, practical approach to redefining success, she equips high achievers and organizations to build lives and careers that thrive without burnout.

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