Advisors experiencing business burnout would do well to view how their firm stacks up in 9 critical and essential areas of business success. How many of the following areas in your financial firm need an overhaul? Use these descriptions to think through and establish your time and money-saving processes. Addressing each of these areas protects you from the overwhelm of business burnout and leaves the firefighting to the firefighters. Core Competencies: Built-In Business Burnout Protection This is about building a strong company foundation. Defining these items helps you think like the CEO of your company. It gives you a wider perspective and helps cut down on knee-jerk decisions. With your core competencies in place, you’ll cut

According to the Oxford University Press, burnout is the physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress. Burnout often creeps into our lives a little at a time. One symptom on top of another and the next thing you know, you’re using words like “overwhelmed”, “exhausted”, and “burnt out” to describe how you feel. There may also be a hidden societal issue at play; this has to do with your line of work.  It is well known that social workers, nursing assistants, and non-profit managers are overworked and underpaid—and burnt out as a result.  The same thing happens to business owners, including advisors, who don't  or won't delgate. And I can tell you firsthand, that