Burnout Isn’t What You Think It Is

4 Thoughts to Reflect On

1. You can love the work and still hate the environment.

2. The people you build with either increase your energy or kill your momentum.

3. Burnout isn’t always about workload, it’s about alignment.

4. Every bad hire or misaligned partner comes at the cost of clarity.

4 Lessons I’ve Learned

1. Working with the wrong people will always cost more than being “short-staffed.”

2. A mismatched team creates confusion, not results.

3. Boundaries protect the vision. Compromising them to “be nice” is how resentment starts.

4. Who you allow in your business is just as important as what your business sells.

4 Challenges for You This Week

1. List the top 5 people you work with the most.
   Next to each name, write one word: fuel or friction.

2. If someone is draining you, ask yourself why you’ve let it go on so long.

3. Don’t confuse being loyal with being trapped.

4. If you need to reset your role as the visionary, Magician vs Mule will snap you back into focus.
   Start with the first chapter and don’t stop until it clicks.

Quote of the Week

“You are not a rehab center for unmotivated people.”— Ed Mylett

The vision doesn’t fail because you didn’t work hard.
It fails when you work hard with the wrong crew.

Choose wisely.
Always.