High-achieving or Burned Out?
Aug 11, 2025
Here's Your Sign
The signs of overload don’t always look like burnout. Sometimes, they look like power moves.
I’ve been in business 30+ years, and I’ve seen it all.
When urgency turns into steamrolling.
When meetings become one-person missions.
When your need to "move things forward" hijacks collaboration, silences others, or disregards the value of their time.
When meetings become one-person missions.
When your need to "move things forward" hijacks collaboration, silences others, or disregards the value of their time.
That’s not leadership.
That’s a symptom.
A symptom of overwhelm.
Of being in over your head.
That’s a symptom.
A symptom of overwhelm.
Of being in over your head.
Here’s the unspoken truth about success:
It can get results.
It can look like drive.
It can sound like urgency.
It can get results.
It can look like drive.
It can sound like urgency.
But if it’s leaving a trail of disruption, it’s not sustainable.
And it’s not real success.
And it’s not real success.
You might recognize the signs:
- Hijacking meetings to push your own agenda.
- Dominating conversations with self-imposed urgency.
- Missing the bigger picture because you're too deep in the weeds.
- Making everything about your deadlines, your goals, your stress.
- Dominating conversations with self-imposed urgency.
- Missing the bigger picture because you're too deep in the weeds.
- Making everything about your deadlines, your goals, your stress.
Here’s the hard truth: That’s not power.
It’s overload.
It’s overload.
Burnout doesn’t always look like exhaustion.
It looks like disruption.
It looks like disruption.
It shows up everywhere:
→ Conversations that feel one-sided.
→ Relationships that feel transactional.
→ Evenings that feel more like recovery than reward.
→ A constant sense that you’re chasing something, but never sure what.
→ Conversations that feel one-sided.
→ Relationships that feel transactional.
→ Evenings that feel more like recovery than reward.
→ A constant sense that you’re chasing something, but never sure what.
This isn’t about blame.
It’s about burnout.
It’s about burnout.
And burnout wears many disguises.
This is not failure.
This is being human.
High-achievers burn out not because of weakness, but because the drive to succeed makes stopping feel impossible.
You never recalibrate.
You just keep pushing - until the cracks start showing.
When you see it or feel it, take note:
This doesn’t make you a bad leader.
It makes you a human who’s been running in survival mode.
And survival mode doesn’t scale.
This doesn’t make you a bad leader.
It makes you a human who’s been running in survival mode.
And survival mode doesn’t scale.
When you notice it - Pause. Reassess. Reclaim your leadership.
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Ready to get rejuvenated?
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