In a recent SalesPop podcast episode, John Golden, the host of the show, interviews Bianca Best, an award-winning thought leader, global executive, and the author of the book “Big Impact Without Burnout.” Bianca shares her strategies on how to perform well without getting burned out and how to make sure that success does not come at the expense of one’s well-being.
Understanding Burnout: A Story of Bianca Best
Bianca has won many awards in her career, but at the same time, she suffered from severe burnout, which almost affected her physical health. Her experience is significant as it reminds one of the need to know oneself, manage oneself, and redefine success in one’s own way.
Key Takeaways:
- Self-Regulation & Accountability: Managing burnout means making an effort to take control of the situations that lead to burnout.
- Continuous Process: It is not a one-time solution to overcome burnout but a continuous assessment and change process.
Challenging Cultural Norms Around Work
The conversation continues to discuss societal norms that promote overwork, particularly in Western countries. Bianca looks back to the ‘80s and the ‘work hard, play hard’ culture and how it results in burnout today.
Key Takeaways:
- Redefine Success: It is time to move beyond the external rewards and come up with your own definition of success.
- Focus on Personal Values: Learn what is crucial for long-term success and happiness and concentrate on them.
Strategies for Sustainable Success
Bianca’s “Big Impact Without Burnout” framework consists of eight strategies that are divided into internal foundations and external impact.
Internal Foundations:
- Energy Management: Only do those things that are most important and most consistent with your talents.
- Mindset: Develop positive thinking and strength.
- Time Management: This is better than the traditional approach of managing time because you manage your energy to enhance your productivity.
- Purpose: Determine what motivates you so that you can be more satisfied with your work.
External Impact:
- Building Relationships: Foster strong ties with people in your personal and professional life.
- Defining Success: Set your own goals that are related to your ideals.
- Taking Work into the World: How to apply the internal foundation in order to make a lasting change.
- Sustaining Happiness: Commit to taking care of yourself and preventing burnout in the long run.
The Role of Self-Awareness
According to Bianca, self-awareness is critical for purpose and balance in life. Using a Venn diagram analogy, she explains how passions, values, and skills intersect to define one’s true calling.
Key Takeaways:
- Self-Discovery Tools: Some activities, such as writing in a journal, assist in the identification of goals and reasons.
- Leverage Strengths: It reduces stress and increases motivation to work on strengths rather than weaknesses.
Embracing Graceful Productivity
Bianca brings in the concept of ‘graceful productivity’ which is a shift from the culture of busyness to a more thoughtful and healthy approach to work.
Key Takeaways:
- Energy Management Over Time Management: It means that one should strive to do their best and not necessarily do everything.
- Authenticity & Integrity: Work that is meaningful and compatible with one’s values is more likely to be fulfilling.
Overcoming the Fear of Success
This paper aims at exploring the fear of success which is quite common among professionals and how this fear creates barriers. Bianca shares her experience of how she had to change from an entrepreneur to a corporate employee.
Key Takeaways:
- Stay True to Yourself: It is easier to maintain success if it is based on one’s real self.
- Embrace Growth: Treat success as a natural progression, not as a threat.
Final Advice for Avoiding Burnout
Bianca’s core advice is to prioritize self-awareness. She suggests using journaling as a way to figure out what motivates her, what she is good at, and what she wants to achieve in life.
Key Takeaways:
- Journaling for Reflection: A way to know yourself on a deeper level.
- Self-Awareness as a Foundation: The only way to be successful and happy in the long run.• Conclusion
This episode provides rich insights into the dynamics of work, life, and harmony. By implementing Bianca’s tips on self-care, energy management, and success, one can sustain high productivity with minimal risk of burnout.
Our Host
John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World’s Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist, he has conducted over 1500 video interviews of thought leaders for Sales POP! online sales magazine & YouTube Channel and for audio podcast channels where Sales POP! is rated in the top 2% of most popular shows out of 3,320,580 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM. In his spare time, John is an avid Martial Artist.
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