Sharpening the Saw and the Five R's

How to Stop Burnout Now

October 23, 2025 | Episode 5209

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

One word will cure your burnout instantly.

Scott gives it to you upfront because if that gets you, you'll be fine. Otherwise, he's got a five-step framework because that's what the internet wants these days.

This isn't your standard motivational podcast. Scott motivates real people in the real world who are tired of toxic positivity but don't want to be negative either.

The world's kind of wonky. It's not very nice. But we got to deal with it. So how do we do it?

Featured Story

Scott's wife catches him doing it again.

He'll be bone tired, working hard, cranking all the time. Then his buddies call about a five-day motorcycle ride to the Tail of the Dragon.

"Honey, I'm going."

"You got stuff to do."

"I'm sorry."

"You said you were so tired and burnout."

"Yeah, not anymore. I'm good now."

That's the one word that instantly cures burnout. Inspiration.

When it goes click in your mind, you're like "I'm good. Let's do this thing." If it's happened to you before, just go find a way to get inspired instead of grinding through a framework.

But for those who don't believe him, Scott's got his five R's: Ritual, Rest, Rejuvenate, Reactivate, Repeat.

Important Points

If you get inspired, you're no longer tired—something happens psychologically when your mind goes click and suddenly you're ready to go.

Success comes from performing ritual actions every day because business and life should be boring, not something that challenges you every single day.

Your body and mind need to rejuvenate just like deep sleep repairs your body—take breaks before your body forces you to stop the other way.

Memorable Quotes

"If you get inspired, you're no longer tired."

"Business should be boring. Life should be boring. The basics of how you roll should be pretty darn boring."

"You will change when you wear yourself out. You'll be comfortably miserable to the end of time, and one day you'll say, I've had it."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Find inspiration first because it's the fastest cure—when your mind clicks, burnout disappears and you're ready to go do the thing.

Build daily rituals that work and repeat them because figuring out what works takes effort, but once you know, just do it boring and consistently.

Cycle through rest and rejuvenation until you feel ready to reactivate, then repeat the process when you start getting tired again.

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