What is Burnout, and How to Deal with It

A guide for you individually, and how to navigate it as a leader with high performing people

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Is it “burnout?” It’s a question a lot of people wonder about...even high-performers. If you or someone on your team seems to be dragging—I’m going to take you through a vivid description of what burnout often looks like...and what to do about it.

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The thing is, for many high achievers, it can be embarrassing and a point of shame. I get DMs about it all the time. People feel like it’s a personal failure—maybe they don’t “love it enough” or something is wrong with them. That’s rarely the reason for high-performing people.

The truth is, no one talks about this stuff in public, so we’ll do it here.
Burnout for high achievers is not the dramatic collapse that most people imagine, but a gradual erosion that happens so subtly, most miss it until they are deep in it.

Let’s look at the early (and later) warning signals, and how to get back on track.