It’s all energy. But thinking of it as an all-encompassing, generic term is not helpful when we’re trying to troubleshoot our energy: make it more stable, figure out why it’s low, or make it stop crashing every so often. In order to properly diagnose and heal burnout, it’s important to be able to distinguish between the 4 types - and know what to do for each.

To quit or not to quit? What is career longevity, and how to achieve it? What four aspects are important to career longevity, avoiding burnout, and living in alignment with your life’s mission.

The way we talk about ourselves reinforces what we believe about ourselves. A thought that gets repeated gets cemented in the brain. The more we use “what we do” to describe “who we are,” the more our brain gets used to that idea being the truth. But it’s not. Not the full truth.

You love all the responsibility, the things you’ve achieved, the projects you get to be in charge of. You want to keep growing, help more people, earn more, create more! It’s exciting. You know that there’s nothing you can’t do. As long as you have the energy to do it all, that is. As long as you have the physical and mental resources for all of it, and as long as the stress and the weight of the work isn’t too overwhelming…