How to create burnout

I learned this when helping clients with nutrition 20 years ago.

I would start with a super simple template

that would get them great results if followed.

Then recognising that they (in their words)

“Didn’t want to live like a monk.” Fair enough…

Do you hold your breath when you’re looking at your phone?

If you don’t you are one of a rare few.

Anticipation causes us to hold our breath

A workaholic boss is a big red flag 🚩

Guilt often seems to be the thing we’re talking about when we say work life balance

When we are at home we should be at work when at work we should be at home and that’s without considering fitness and friends.

The future looks bleak

Less money

Fewer opportunities

More struggle

It’s just impossible to switch off

Your mind won’t stop thinking about work

You feel pulled towards your phone

You just have to check your email quickly

There never seems to be enough time

Everything takes too long

People don’t move fast enough

When things get busy your health is the first thing out the window

You stop exercising

You start eating more sugar

You mess up your sleep pattern

50% of CEOs report feelings of loneliness

60% of first time CEOs report loneliness to the degree that it negatively impact performance.

Not surprisingly really

STOP telling people to JUST be consistent

It’s said by the exerciser who exercise daily

It’s said by the writer who writes daily

Trying to STOP thinking about work doesn’t work

Here’s what to do instead

If you’ve tried to stop thinking about work you…

3 Secrets Zen Business Leaders Know That Overwhelmed Business Leaders Don’t

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1. Zen business leaders know

Discover how Jacob went from Overwhelmed B player leader to A player in less than 3 months

^^^ that’s a big thing in the start up community, often, you’ve either got it or you don’t and I get it.

Things move fast in the start up world and you have to be ready for that.

I do not believe that hard work is the secret to success

In fact I believe that in many cases applied as the primary tool in the tool kit it leads to stress, poor health, overwhelm, and strained or broken relationships and without the promised success. (The definition of which surely must include freedom of time, health and great relationships.)

What red flags tell you things aren’t working?

That’s a question I ask myself every 6 months or so, life changes often so new answers emerge all the time.

Our brains are wired to take the most energy efficient path through life.

I can’t remember where I heard it,

but the best or rather most useful description I’ve heard as to what pain is, is that pain is the brain saying,

🛑 Stop doing it like that

We could start seeing overwhelm as a good thing…

We don’t of course.

We don’t because overwhelm comes with a negative prediction of the future.

The first sign of overwhelm is the realisation that what needs to be done can’t be done without sacrificing what you said was important to you.

That’s the inner conflict that causes the feeling of overwhelm.

A Nervous System in THREAT has a bunch of indicators.

Of course you don’t need to have all of them but in my experience people tend to think they have a bunch of disconnected things.

The Paleo diet
Doesn't work
Weight watchers
Doesn't work
Slimming world
Doesn't work
Atkins
Doesn't work
Jason Vale juice plus
Doesn't work
The 5:2 diet
Doesn't work
Liter life
Doesn't work
The Cambridge diet
Doesn't work

You should rest more they say.

Read a book, sun bath, take up pottery, what ever, but Rest….