Burnout + Imposter Syndrome

From the Lesson of the Show-Up

Showing Up During Adversity Determines a Person’s Level of Inspiration. How you respond to what shows up in your life impacts your influence.?

Now that it is summer and the kids are home with you. How are you doing with burning out/burning down?

I have been experiencing what it feels like to let your baby girl grow up and prepare for college. I am learning how important it is to find inspiration in your real life.

Success sells, but inspiration compels.?

A new global report shows that 80% of people believe inspiration is vital to their lives and more important than external attributes like influence, sleep, physical intimacy, or platform.?

Interestingly, more than one-third (41%) of respondents rated feeling inspired as more important than spending time with their children. This statistic underscores the profound personal impact of inspiration in our lives.?

Have you ever felt alone in a crowd because you were so depleted and burned down with exhaustion??

We need a vision and inspiration to fill our cups and pour them out to others. Healthy leaders, healthy lives. If not, we suffer from the empty cup syndrome; you can't give to others what you do not have yourself.?

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is drudgery, dry boring, or, said another way.. passes the time.?

Vision with action can change the world.?

Titled "Inspire InFocus," the global communications network Wunderman Thompson report surveyed 16,000 adults aged 18 and above in the United Kingdom, United States, China, and Brazil in May 2021.

The essence of the Show-up is not about your influence or leadership prowess. It's about taking charge of your responses and showing up authentically.

We need a new definition for "success." As a father of six children, five girls and one surprise boy. "Leadership" is oversaturated, and people are increasingly distanced from real-life connections.?

Real life is more than just our influence or success.?What would it gain a man or woman to gain the world's biggest influential platform but lose their soul chasing success?

I have spent my entire life studying leaders and enjoying reading their books, and I am obsessed with personal development.?

However, there is more to life than our success and influence.

Imposter Syndrome

"Imposter syndrome is a behavioral health condition that causes high-achieving people to feel anxious and doubt their abilities and accomplishments despite being successful in objective ways. People with imposter syndrome may feel like a fraud or phony and may attribute their achievements to external factors."

You will enjoy this lesson if you are bored with leaders constantly comparing and copying each other.?

Can we just be authentic and courageously set apart?

If you are in a burning cycle of burn-down boredom in life, burnout, and anxiety in your career, you may enjoy reading about this lesson that I learned through adversity. I hope it helps you find real-life inspiration in all areas of your life, not just your...leadership.

The Three Nonconformist Statements

#1 Everything does not rise and fall on your leadership

The belief that "everything rises and falls on your leadership" is outdated and lacks understanding of real life and the imposter syndrome.

#2 Leadership is much more than just your influence

Ask anyone who grew up graduating from the University of Hard Knocks; they have a more expanded definition.

#3 Real-life inspiration shows up during adversity?

***People are attracted to success but relate to the struggle.

While there are many models and extensive interest in influence and “leadership,” inspiration is a missing link in today’s burnout crazy cycle.

Many organizations are creating more solutions and surveying their employees to learn what engages them; relying solely on this method has limitations due to personal concerns, mainly when dealing with such a subjective concept as inspiration.?

Here's why: people have stories, and their personal lives aren’t a model or something you can understand through shallow data with a well-constructed list of attributes. You can’t itemize these qualities into a pamphlet and hand it out at the next motivational training only to find it in the trash can as soon as the meeting ends.?

We have increased volatility, siloed living, boredom, burnout, rumors of war, uncertainty, social experiments, complexity, divorce, and rapid global geopolitical threats. This is also known as Real Life.?

There is nothing new under the sun.

However, volatility could be a better motivator; people only respond to what inspires them.?

How do you measure the impact of inspiration on your business or life? The reality is that we have challenges today that a generation ago never experienced.?

When surveying the self-help literature of today, one is expected to read something repackaged in a thousand different ways. But in reality, is there an original idea? My following statement may not be mainstream.?

There is more to real life than influence.?

When it comes to truth, we tend to adopt either/or thinking, which causes us to fall short of the whole counsel of wisdom. For example, influence + impact = leadership, but with inspiration in real life, people will stay energized and energized regardless of their success or influence.?

Many subscribe to the meaning that leadership is influence. Influence is power. How that power is used comes from the foundation of the heart's character, virtues, values, and motives. The problem with believing leadership is just about your influence is the outcomes of an influence-centered existence.?

Without inspiration, influence is dead when people get distracted by the next crowded bandwagon.?

Real-Life Questions

What happens when you are alone? Can you stand against a crowd to do the inspirational right thing even if it costs you your…influence?

What if you don’t need to act right now? What may be happening to get your attention and inspire you again? What might life be teaching you in your restlessness?

“SHOWUP” Defined?

I adapted the S.H.O.W.U.P. acronym so you can learn how to inspire people?

Seize your day with the 100% principle.?

Give 100% of yourself even if you get 0% back. This practice teaches you not to fear people or results.?

Honor authority.?

You can’t have authority if you aren’t submitted to authority. When you understand that even the CEO is held accountable by shareholders and everyone with a pulse has authority regardless of their awareness. We are all responsible for our actions.?

Open your horizons – Be willing to learn people’s stories and study them.

Walk towards wisdom – Invite a trusted group of advisors, friends, mentors, or coaches to challenge you to Show Up during adversity. We were never created to do life alone.?

Understand people. You must learn to allow your failures or setbacks to become your learning process or fuel to inspire people. Most people cannot overcome a few setbacks. Every hero's journey requires the ability to overcome rejection. Without rejection, there can be no inspiration.

Provide opportunities to expect problems and head into action—what we learn is knowledge. What we remember is understanding. What we do becomes a habit to inspire others with our actions and words. Expect problems in life. When you know your life and work will have problems, when adversity or setback happens, respond with immediate learning into action. Understanding failure is just a counter to the original prototype.?

Catch people doing things right and inspire others to show up better during adversity. They won’t always remember what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel and the bonds made when you showed up.?

Life is not an accident, so show up early and be willing to stay late.?

There is more to life than your external success. Showing Up During Adversity Determines a Person’s Level of Inspiration. How you respond to what shows up in your life impacts your influence.?

The more I am content with showing up with my inspiration in life (Family), the more influential I am (Results).

It inspires me to know that those closest to me, who understand me best, will respect me even more.

This defeats the burnout/burndown crazy cycle I write about and the "Imposter Syndrome."

EVERY LEADER NEEDS A FRIEND

My name is Joey Stutson

For the past 10+ years, I have failed many times at many things, felt burndown boredom chasing dreams, and burnout anxiety pushing too hard to achieve. I want to help people find Inspiration to know their purpose and gifts in real life.

People are attracted to success but relate to the struggle.

This "crazy cycle" I write about has given me unprecedented access to investigate, interview, and get to know those who have achieved greatness.

Now, I dedicate my life to paying forward the enormous treasures I have collected from learning from inspirational people.

How do you respond to burnout in your life?