Myth exposed: There’s no such thing as work/life balance
Burnout = Extreme mental and emotional depletion that manifests as chronic stress, anxiety, distraction, overwhelm, and exhaustion caused by obsessive overworking, busyness, rushing, and hyper-vigilance.
Burnout, you see, is personal, not corporate.
Most high-achievers experience anxiety when faced with the prospect of not working.
We often confuse burnout with drive or ambition but it's a low-quality motivational fuel caused by subconscious fear.
Your self-talk reveals the truth.
Anxiety says, "You should,” while ambition says "I'd love to."
The real reason we don't disconnect on weekends? We don't feel safe.
Not working feels like a threat to our well-practiced professional identity, perpetuated by internalized cues around presenteeism and what our visibility as leaders supposedly require.
No wonder women feel the need to prove themselves daily, even on their day off.
This is why as leaders, we must dismantle a culture of fear by leading ourselves, strategically boundary our time and thoughtfully allocate our energy for maximum impact with minimal effort.
Cultivate new beliefs to create your own psychological safety.
Reconsider how much of your mindshare this job deserves relative to who you most desire to be in your lifetime.
There is only one life and work is just a single expression of your talent. Build a foundation of life in balance first to support all other pursuits,
Want to explore more about this topic? Listen to this excerpt from a recent podcast I did on rest.
