Beyond Burnout: Your Passion Wasn't Lost. It Was Abandoned.

Let's be clear. Burnout is not a badge of honor. It is the rust of an unexamined life. You boast about being "high-functioning," but you are merely hiding.

Hiding from the emptiness that success has left behind.

Statistics show that over 61% of senior leaders feel drained by the end of the workday. But fatigue is not the disease. It is a symptom. The true sickness is disconnection.

You have mastered the language of abstraction—KPIs, P&Ls, OKRs—and in doing so, you have forgotten three fundamental truths:

1. Disconnection from the Work: You no longer feel the joy of creation. You are a manager of processes, not an architect of vision. Your challenge isn't to optimize the next sprint, but to answer the question:

   "If this experience had a purpose in your development, what would it be?"

2. Disconnection from the Team: Your 1-on-1s have become status reports. Your people don't need another project manager; they need a leader who can see their potential. Observe them. Notice their changes in energy, their recurring words, what they avoid naming. The truth resides there.

3. Disconnection from the Self: You have been lost in the noise. Your calendar is the evidence. When was the last time you sat in silence and asked:

   "What question have I not yet asked myself about this situation?"

Your koan is this: What is the sound of one hand clapping? Your passion is there, in the silence between your tasks. But you keep applauding with both hands, hoping the noise will drown the emptiness.

Albert Camus wrote: "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

Your summer is there. But you must have the courage to face the winter. Your passion was not lost. It was abandoned. Go and reclaim it.

When you are ready to do the work of reclamation, my door is open.

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