How to understand the different causes of burnout, the different symptoms and how you can address your own personal experiences. https://businessofsoftware.org/events/online-mar-22/facing-up-to-founder-burnout/

1. Facing Up to
Burnout

4. ENERGY
LEVEL
TIME (YEARS)
That summer
Total time in burnout

6. Burnout
What it is
Common causes
Ways to move through it

7. Burnout
n. physical, emotional, or mental exhaustion
resulting from extreme and prolonged physical or
mental exertion, marked by decreased motivation,
lowered performance and negative attitudes.
American Psychological
Association

8. SENSITIVE
ENNUI DESPAIR
EMOTIONALLY DEPLETED
LOW ENERGY
DISTRACTED
CLOUDED THINKING
EXHAUSTED
STRESSED
SELF DOUBT
HELPLESS
HOPELESS
TRAPPED
DEFEATED
CYNICAL
DETACHED
INSOMNIA
HYPERVIGILANT
UNMOTIVATED
INEFFECTIVE

9. Long term intensity of the work
Not enough time, people, money etc
Other life stressors
Stretched for too long beyond your comfort zone
Not enough high energy moments
Misalignment with your values
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6 Common Causes

10. Values
The personal beliefs
and non-negotiables
that you live by

11. ACHIEVEMENT ADVENTURE AUTONOMY HARMONY
OPENNESS RADICAL CANDOR CREATIVITY COMMUNITY
FREEDOM FULFILLMENT INTEGRITY HUMOR JOY LOYALTY
FAMILY FLEXIBILITY POWER PRIVACY RESPECT
SAFETY SELF-MASTERY SPIRITUALITY
TRUST TRUTH

12. It’s a place that a
vacation can’t help fix.

13. Breakout

14. How to move forward
(or prevent it from getting
to that point)

15. Reframe your
mindset

16. Become aware.
See what you
can shift.

17. LOGIC
EMOTION
INTUITION

18. Awareness is like
the sun. When it
shines on things,
they are transformed
Thich Nhat Hanh

19. Thank you
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