02: Why Is Work So Crazy?

We've all been there: you set out to start a business out of passion, and it soon turns into growth at all costs. Work takes precedence over everything else in your life, causing everything else to go by the wayside.

Suddenly, you're working 12, 14, 18 hours a day, responding to emails from home at all hours of the night, and battling the million to-dos going through your mind in order to get a few hours of sleep. You get your exercise by dashing between your desk and the printer, and you can't recall the last time you ate food that wasn't packaged.

"Work-life balance–what the heck is that?" you might wonder.

Stressful periods at work may be unavoidable, and while they may be bearable in the short term, they can lead to exhaustion and burnout if you don't take steps to keep the stress under control.

On this episode, I unpack the 2 biggest causes of this toxic mindset, and what I did to deal with my own bout of exhaustion and burnout. 

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