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Or I'm most drained after back to back meetings with no buffer time, even when the meetings themselves are fine.

Or I keep

taking on excellent zone work because people ask me to, and I don't know how to redirect them in a different direction.

Or maybe I feel most alive when I'm doing a strategic work, but I spend most of my time on execution.

What's the patterns that, what's the pattern that keeps showing up for you?

The thing you keep noticing in different forms, in different ways.

Think about it, write it down.

Question number three, what are you avoiding looking at?

This one is harder, but I want you to really be honest with yourself.

Have you been avoiding acknowledging something?

Maybe it's the realization that your current role is 70% or more excellent zone.

And no matter how you slice it, there's no path to change without changing roles.

Maybe it's the conversation you need to have with your manager about your workload or your career direction.

Maybe it's that you need to say no to the promotion that everyone thinks you should take but that would move you even further into work that drains you.

Maybe it's that...

You're actually burnt out and need real rest, not just better productivity hacks.

Maybe it's that you've outgrown your role, your team, or even your organization and it's time to start looking.

What are you avoiding?

The thing that makes you a little uncomfortable when you think about it.

Be honest.