Why ‘passion’ can lead you right down the burnout road, before you even realise it.

Now don’t misunderstand me here, to have passion for something in life is to understand life itself, the fire in your belly, your place in the world, your value, your why and your reason. I get it and I feel it too.

But what if following it, without fully understanding your human limits, is doing you more harm than good?

‘You just need to do what you love’ they say.  ‘You just need to follow your passion and everything will be amazing’ - right?  So just do more of what you already love doing right?  

Well… what if there is no ‘more’ left?  What if doing what you love is eating you whole?  You still love it but what is it costing you?

Passion is Awesome… but not Enough

You see, at some point, even passion won’t be enough to keep you doing those long, exhausting hours on low sleep, poor food, no recovery, no social life and no exercise.

Here’s what we see in our clients who come to us thinking they just need a little more passion and drive, a bit more time or a bit more money.  Or all of the above!

In an era of ‘human burnout’ - Everyone burns out at some stage and you are kidding no-one if you think you are an anomaly.

You just may take a bit longer, hold it together that bit more, push just that little bit further.  People who have massive passion, take massive action and have massive appreciation and often massive outcomes and that's addictive.  

Most commonly with passionate people, the burnout stage starts to set in before you even realise it.  It creeps up like some nasty little gremlin and gradually tugs and tugs and tugs until you eventually unravel.

At some Level, We all Experience Burnout 

I would make a bet that 99% of the population of human beings are in some sort of burnout in at least one area of their lives and I can dig up some numbers to prove it.  But just speaking to people every day about stress and energy health (and trust me I chat A LOT) I can tell you that everyone I meet - bar none - is in some form of stressed state, in at least one area of their lives, and certainly energy depleted in more than 2 or three.

You see, burnout doesn’t occur just in business. In fact, some people are so passionate about their work, that the burnout in their work actually happens last.  They are toasted to a crisp in pretty much every other area of life, because that’s what it has taken to live out their passions.

Although we shouldn’t need the science to tell us this (which it clearly does when we look into it)… we need to acknowledge that humans have a finite amount of energy… every day… and once it’s gone, we fail.

So…

If you think you might be stressed out - then you are

If you think you might be in burnout - you are

By the very nature of the demands on us, our environment, our social norms, our self-concern and just living in the current climate, we are all at some stage of burnout.

Follow the science 

But what if I told you there is a scientifically proven way to not only get out of burnout… but to get unstuck in any area of your life. 

The key starting point is to accept that things like passion, purpose and positivity, despite being awesome, will not help you when your energy is flatlining from you going too hard for too long.

From there it’s about implementing the science-based system, grounded in elite sport and performance research to breakthrough burnout… and it works.

This methodology not only gets you out of burnout and into balance, but actually teaches you how to IMPROVE your performance in your area of passion.

What if you really could have it all?  Seem impossible?

It’s not and we would love to teach you how.  

Contact us at  team@energyhealthinc.com to find out more.