2 Types of Burnout

🤔 INTERESTING

Burning out can happen at 2 intensities:

Most people understand “fast burnout”—when you push yourself beyond capacity towards a goal, sacrificing your physical and mental health.

But equally dangerous is “slow burnout”—when you feel trapped in a situation and your motivation to do anything slowly suffocates.

We often suffer silently from a misplaced belief that it's all part of "enduring the grind."

To dive deeper, my friend Roberto Ferraro shared this link:

Harvard Business Review:
"Is Your Burnout From Too Much Work or Too Little Impact?" 

📐 DESIGN

Most people misunderstand the term “steal like an artist.” They just “steal” and forget the key part of the phrase: “like an artist.”

Artists combine. 

An audience should be able to see influence but not a direct carbon copy.  

As Austin Kleon, the author of Steal Like an Artist notes in his book:

Here’s a string of influences as an example:

The above image was influenced by my friend Roberto Ferraro who was originally inspired by combining my illustration of Russian Dolls and an idea from Jeff Mckeon. You can see the evolution of images and thinking.

That’s the power of ‘stealing like an artist.’

🔮 ENCHANTING 

One brick at a time.

Sidenote: Equally important is to enjoy your chapter 20 once you get to that part of your story. There’s a time to build and a time to appreciate what you’ve built.

🧠 ANALOGY

Every book is an open invitation to make a transformation.

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