When did you realize you were achieving to prove something vs. achieving to fulfill something? or…you haven’t hit that wall…YET!

 

As an Executive Coach and leader of several CEO Peer Groups in the Bay Area, I see a common pattern in driven CEO’s. They eventually hit a immovable wall of burnout and lack of motivation, usually after achieving some degree of success. One female CEO had achieved her revenue numbers faster than she expected, and had hired and delegated all of her non strategic tasks -including family dinners.  She announced to me in a coaching call that she found herself depressed, burned out, and exhausted. What happened?

 

What built her company was now quitely breaking her life. She had been programmed to “achieve at all costs” like so many of us- from early childhood survival skills. She did not know how to show up any other way. Now, her achievements were no longer the dopamine it used to be.  And, she had intentionally removed herself from every intimate and personal part of her life by hiring help and or delegating. I recognized it right away…because I have been there too. Time for a Reset. Time to recognize that she needed to find another way to matter and to find what makes her Feel Joyful. It is an internal feeling not an external validation! There is a difference. Once you make tht shift, you find renewed peace and fulfillment. 

 

Where are you on this journey?

 

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