The Invincible Lie: Why High Performers Believe They’re the Exception to Burnout
Authentic Encounters: Lena Speaks The Podcast by Jealeania D. Morris
Episode notes
High-performing CEOs and executives often believe their drive, discipline, resilience, and results make them immune to burnout.
But executive burnout does not always look like collapse.
Sometimes it looks like increased control, constant urgency, shorter patience, emotional withdrawal, strained relationships, poor delegation, and decisions made with less consultation.
In Week 3 of The Reckoning Series, Lena Morris confronts The Invincible Lie: the belief that what takes other leaders down will not take you down.
This episode explores how exceptional performance can hide executive burnout, decision fatigue, relationship breakdown, organizational dependence, culture risk, and declining leadership judgment.
Episode Chapters
00:05 The lie high performers rarely admit 02:10 Why this ...