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Are you burned out?
Recently I’ve been feeling that sense of exhaustion… trying everything I knew to drum up business, to drum up energy, to create momentum again.
I’ve been spinning my wheels trying to create something out of what felt like no energy, no support, no forward sense of vision.
There’s a saying that goes “Your system is perfectly designed to give you the results you are currently getting.” So… I made a change.
I’m not one to typically hop, skip, or jump into things that are new. I prefer continuity, consistency, loyalty, etc. But this past week I had to make a serious change.
What happened in the process of changing my system was that other people were affected. I had a lot of difficult conversations this week. Sometimes I didn’t handle the communication well. I had to apologize for a couple of ways I went about sone things,, but not for making the change.
My system needed the change and the support I needed I finally got. Change is difficult. But sometimes, maybe even most times, change is necessary.
If you want to keep getting what you’re getting, then keep doing what you’re doing. If you want something different, do something different.
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How do I keep myself from burning out?
1. Make a change to your system. Change your routine, get fresh ideas, meet with someone who has ideas you don’t have yet. Fresh wind, fresh fire. If your system is a job or a group affiliation, understand that this may be harder. When people are affected by your change, sometimes change needs to happen slower. But move toward change, or get stagnant and you’ll burnout.
2. Chuck fear out the door. You can’t change the past so don’t fear your past. You can’t see the future, so don’t fear what hasn’t happened yet. Live in the present. Not in the I Was or the I Will Be… live in the Great I Am. The “Now” is always better than the “was” and the hope of the “will be.” Is always affected by how I embrace the “now”. All you have is this moment… so live it well and understand that this too shall pass.
3. Finally be sensitive and considerate to those who are being affected by the change you’re making. You can’t please everyone. So don’t try. But get wise counsel, seek advice from wiser better people, all so that you can become better.
“Don’t wish things were easier, wish you were better.” J Rohn.
Get better so you don’t burnout.