Video: Thoughts on Avoiding Burnout (13 minutes)

Founder takeaway

Treat burnout as an operating-system warning, not just a personal resilience problem. Build ownership, priorities, and handoffs that let key operators pull back without work being dropped.

Why it matters

If execution depends on constant overextension, both your people and the business are fragile. Designing for sustainable workloads protects performance and reduces dependence on individual heroics.

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Put it to work

Ask one overloaded operator: “What would need to be clarified, delegated, or stopped for you to step back for a week without important work slipping?” Then make one of those changes now.