Nick Perry argues that burnout comes from treating unchangeable circumstances as problems. A business partner quitting is a reality; rebuilding the partnership is the problem. Separate what you can't change from what you can, then focus your energy only on solving the latter.
If you have a problem, that means it can be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem. It's a reality. But most people spend their lives fighting realities they call problems. Because the moment you label something a problem, your brain goes looking for a solution that doesn't exist. So you just burn yourself out hitting a wall that was never going to move. See, your business partner quit, and that's a reality. Whether you rebuild, that's a problem. The market shifted, and that's a reality. Whether you adapt, that's a problem. So the second you sort what you can fix from what you can't, your energy stops leaking into, uh, things that will never change and starts going into the ones that actually will. Follow for more.
