We often think, well, I'm just burned out because I don't like to work hard. But it's the things that drain you of your energy which is what crushes us. And so if I can stay in my working genius, then I get to be fulfilled at work and to the extent that I can help other people do that,. It actually compensates for my weaknesses.
For too long we thought about burnout as it relates the to the amount of work on our plate. Pat and Cody discuss how the Working Genius provides a new paradigm for thinking about burnout as the type of work we are engaged in.