You work REALLY hard. You wouldn’t be where you are today without it. As the leader of your organization, you have to make sure things are taken care of, that operations are running smoothly, that everyone involved is on point, and so much more.
Eventually, though, you get burnt out.
No one can handle everything all of the time, and no amount of “hard work” will get you through burnout – especially when a hefty portion of that work doesn’t align with what you’re truly great at.
In our fast paced world, with constant reminders of how much other entrepreneurs are doing, it’s easy to fall into the excellence trap. You find yourself doing the wrong things and burning the candle at both ends to get ahead, and flailing your way through each day, only to feel like you aren’t getting anywhere at all – and losing your passion for the business in the process.
In this mode, you spend your days putting out fires, reacting to requests from every direction, being involved in every aspect of the business, and pulling your hair out because you’re both exhausted AND stuck. You feel powerless to do anything but what you’ve been doing… And the cycle continues.
Sound familiar?
This stuff happens for a variety of reasons, but at its core, burnout stems from trying to be too many things to too many people – and not having the clarity of vision to trust other people to do what they do best.
In the audio presentation below, I dig deeper into what causes burnout and how it manifests for leaders of all kinds.. But more importantly, I examine what you can do to break the cycles of “too busy to change.”
It starts with the courage to SLOW DOWN.
This means being brutally honest about what’s happening in your life and in your business, then looking for ways you can “fire yourself” from the work that doesn’t align with your talents. It means more delegating (and taking the time to learn how). It means getting out of your own way and investing in the skills of others, and trusting that they know what they’re doing (as well as having the right systems in place to support them).
And most of all… It means TAKING TIME AWAY. You need time to rest and rejuvenate, to get back in touch with your creative spirit, to think and plan, and to recalibrate your routines toward high level, intentional work (as opposed to automatic and reactive “busyness”).
When you reclaim your freedom and rediscover your creative passions, you not only become unstuck, you also position yourself to motivate your team to do their best work as well.
There is a path from burnout to freedom. It isn’t easy, but it is necessary if you want to break the cycles of overwork and go beyond your current plateau.
Let’s walk the path together.
