Joshua NelsonSeven Figure Agency · Mentor / Coach at Seven Figure Agency

Burnt out? You’re not leading — you’re just working.

Name: Burnt out? You’re not leading — you’re just working.
Uploaded: 2025-04-07T16:02:21+00:00
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Channel: Joshua Nelson
Description: In this interview, a CEO reflects on his experience with burnout and leadership. He recounts having a coach named Billy from 2016‑2019, then losing that…

7 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview, a CEO reflects on his experience with burnout and leadership. He recounts having a coach named Billy from 2016‑2019, then losing that support as the business grew. In 2020 his agency doubled, expanding from a few staff to nine‑ten employees, which intensified his workload and reduced his presence with his family. When a peer asked how he balances a 25‑year marriage with the demands of a growing company, the CEO shares concrete boundaries: he leaves his laptop at the office, parks his phone in his car, ends his workday around 5:30‑6 pm after a gym session, and dedicates three to four evenings a week to his wife. These practices illustrate his shift from merely “working” to intentional leadership that protects personal relationships.

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And that fall I joined because I looked at it and said, okay, I can continue to run around my employees, right? Or I can get around people that are doing what I'm doing as a CEO. And so you didn't have a coach at that time? I didn't have a coach because Billy had gotten out of the business. Okay. So Billy was your coach? Yeah, he was my coach from 2016 to 2019. Okay. And then 2020, for about 6 or 8 months, like my agency had doubled and I had went from a couple employees to like 9 or 10. And you find yourself talking to— you're only hanging around your employees or your family and you're not having the tough conversations. Like, I had a conversation with a friend of mine, call me today, who's in this business and he's having trouble at home because he's working too much and not giving his wife attention. He's like, how did you balance that? You've been married 25 years. I'm like, well, you don't know what to do. He's like, what? I said, I leave my laptop at home or at the office. Okay. And he's like, what do you mean? I don't take it home with me. Yeah. Because if I take it home, I pull it out on the sofa and I'm ignoring her. Right. And so So you close your day. Yeah, you end your day. What time do you end your day? Typically 5:30 or 6 after the gym. And I'll go home and close it. That's it for a couple of hours. I try at least 3 to 4 nights a week so I don't just ignore my wife. And I do it by leaving my laptop at the office and my phone in my car. Otherwise, I'm like a little 10-year-old and I'm on it. Yeah.