Saw this on BoringBiz_ on X (wanted to give credit in case he/she is also on here - love their content).
Curious what people think about this and what you think this means:
“As a business owner or entrepreneur, the last thing you want to feel is burnout.
Longevity is more important than intensity. Staying in the game for long enough will get you there.
Being forced to stop is far worse because it breaks the compounding cycle of your effort.”
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I keep reading of people asking for advice after they stop doing business. Business was bad, they stop. Business was okay or good, they stop.
Certainly seems they think they’re playing with a toy.
Burnout as an entrepreneur is really problematic. The assumption is that the business you own or trying to develop is not only something that you have to do, but it comes from the bottom of your heart. If the assumption is true - the burnout is impossible. Like in this song: “I:m on vacation every single day because I love my occupation…”.
No the worst thing would be watching your family burn to death in an oven that you accidentally invented.
The first rule of business is don’t run out of fucking cash.
Translated, you can’t lose if you don’t quit
If you’re not toeing the line of burnout and wanting to quit I don’t think you’re working hard enough at least in the beginning. At some point you need to start delegating and taking time for yourself to keep from feeling burnout long term. You can only take so much, and you need to find your limits. Mental resilience is a skill to practice.
You die.
It’s absolutely true.
Only when you’re playing your game.
It’s best to understand asa(f)p if it’s your game as early in the game as you can.
If it’s yours, don’t ever stop and learn to rest to maintain longevity.
If it’s not yours, find anther game as soon as you can.
Best of luck🙂
Burnout is so real and takes so long to recover from. If you can avoid it, please do. I took a break to recover and honestly it’s so hard to get that drive back.
I’ve owned four businesses over a span of forty years, some of those businesses overlapping. All were were local service businesses, lot’s of sweat, most weeks were 60 hours or more. Not once have I ever experienced “burnout”. The worst thing that can happen to a business owner is not being able to recover financially and emotionally after a business failure.