As a serial entrepreneur, I’ve started and sold four companies and my only “real” job ever was as the Chief Love Officer of True.com. I was fired after 6 months when I couldn’t stop telling the owner how to run his company. Guess you could say I was unemployable, 🙂 but I’m totally ok with that.
I love my work, but it also led me to major burnout when all the hustle caused me to not be able to get out of bed one morning. I was in so much pain I couldn’t move. While I laid there feeling sorry for myself, I also considered how the hell I got there and what I needed to do.
That crazy injury gave me time to acknowledge that “doing-all-the-things” (running a business, caretaker for my mom, keeper of the family, general contractor for the new house) had actually led me to not being able to do any of the things I actually wanted to do.
Want to know the most embarrassing part of this story? During the time of my injury, I was hosting fitness events every weekend. I was always just one slippery step away from injury because I didn’t take the time to really take care of myself. I didn’t have the true foundation of fitness, strength, and flexibility needed.
With my background in fitness, adventure and training others I knew exactly what steps I needed to happen to recover and thrive (I hadn’t been practicing what I preached). It was time for a change and I came back stronger and fitter than ever.