Confession: every leadership position I have experienced has had seasons of exhaustion.
At times, I consciously chose to run a sprint to the point of exhaustion and then settled back into the beautiful routine of non-urgent leadership.
At times, I consciously chose to run a marathon to the point of exhaustion and then wired in the marathon achievements and the exhilaration of success that I neglected to notice that the worthy cause had now shifted to become my worthiness of human capacity.
Leadership of self and others WILL bring exhaustion. Worthy causes and worthy efforts exist in our humanness from careers to parenting, from acting, interacting and reacting to 'all the things'.
Perhaps leadership is wisely executed when we notice what, how and why we say 'yes' to exhaustion.
Lead yourself well.
