Here's how you can prevent burnout in the field of relationship building.

Something that Mark Manson said: Three questions determine 99% of the happiness in your life: - What am I working on and why? - Who am I spending time with and why? - How well am I treating my body and why? These are crucial for everyone's self-care. Answer them and start acting on your self-care.

Self-care is everything. While I admire people who seem to be able to give 100% all of the time, it is not sustainable and people are going to burnout if they don’t have self-care practices in place. I found myself not being able to schedule workouts because I was so worried about my commute and have not just enough time- but also energy to get through the day. Balance is critical to be able to perform at your best. For me, meditation has been huge setting my day off on the right foot. I highly recommend Insight Timer and have made this part of my daily routine for over three years now.

Self-care is extremely important for several reasons:Health and Well-being: Regular self-care activities promote physical health, reducing the risk of illnesses and improving overall well-being.Mental Health: Self-care helps manage stress, anxiety, and depression. It provides a way to decompress and rejuvenate, preventing burnout.Productivity: Taking care of yourself ensures you have the energy and mental clarity to be productive and efficient in your tasks.Resilience: Regular self-care strengthens your ability to cope with life’s challenges and recover from setbacks.Quality of Life: Engaging in activities that you enjoy and that relax you enhances your quality of life, making you happier and more fulfilled.

Setting boundaries establishes RESPECT. This goes for ALL relationships, not just with work. You CAN teach others how to treat you. If you don't believe this, STOP reading. With life partners, we did this as we dated. With our kids, we did this to teach them how to treat others and how to have others treat them. With our pets, we did this to maintain synergy in the household. It's best for YOU and THEM to set boundaries. Or the WRONG people will take advantage.

Some things I found helpful in my journey: 1. Plan out my day as best as possible. With a busy meeting schedule, I found significant issues working on tasks. I started blocking out the time of day (the early morning) where I was most productive to only focus on tasks. 2. Block off when you need to drive home from office and when you’re off for the day on the calendar. Some people are morning people- some are night owls. Regardless, to get the best out of each employee, employers should trust the employees to select hours best for their productivity. Employees can be assertive and proactive by indicating that on their calendars. 3. Be proactive in 1:1s with your manager about your work preferences and life outside of work.

Quantity seems to be the lie of networking and relationship building and I believe it leads to not only burnout, but mediocrity as well. If I can just meet "the right person" then everything else will fall into place... That isn't at all how it works. Focus on your Champions and Advocates in building relationships and that will contribute to your business success AND, in maintaining that focus, you will also have a small crew of folks you can call on when you need help!

To be successful at relationship building you must know yourself and your objectives. Everyone builds relationships differently and needs different things from those relationships and EVERY relationship is different. Here's some things to consider: >what are your needs energetically? Do you get or spend energy with peopling? >what outcome do you want? Not every relationship is meant to deeply fulfil your need for connection. Some relationships are broad and others deep. >what does the other person need? This is about flexing your EQ and your cultural intelligence. Understand the whole person and what they might be expecting from this relationship, too. Remember that at the end of the day, you are dealing with people.