Burnout Isn’t a Time Problem. It’s an Energy Leadership Problem.
For many technical professionals stepping into leadership, burnout is often framed as a time issue. 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. But after more than two decades of working with engineers, auditors, project managers, IT professionals, lawyers, and senior leaders across industries, I’ve come to see burnout differently. Burnout […]
Celebrating endings
“There’s a trick to the ‘graceful exit.’ It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over–and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit […]
Getting into Flow at work
This clip, from one of my all time favourite movies – “Chariots of Fire” – never fails to move me. Chariots of Fire is a British historical drama film that is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell: a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, […]
Overcoming self-doubt and procrastination by harnessing the power of your inner circle (Part 1/3)
Part 1 – Going furthest together & Unfolding your own myth High EQ Leaders live by the axiom “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”. After all, Emotional Intelligence, in the words of Daniel Goleman, is a form of social intelligence and ultimately determines how effective we are in managing two very important relationships in […]
Overcoming self-doubt and procrastination by harnessing the power of your inner circle (Part 2 of 3)
This is the second of a three-part article I wrote to share my personal lessons on how I overcame self-doubt and procrastination in my journey of realising my dream of publishing my first book. In Part 1, we spoke about the strategies of “going furthest together” and “unfolding your own myth”. In this article, I’ll present the […]
Overcoming self-doubt and procrastination by harnessing the power of your inner circle (Part 3/3)
This is the third of a three-part article I wrote to share my personal lessons on how I overcame self-doubt and procrastination in my journey of realising my dream of publishing my first book. In the first segment, I shared the power of “going furthest together” and “unfolding your own myth”. In the sequel, we explored the benefits […]
