{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-box-of-keys.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F46-exhaustion-isnt-the-price-of-ambition-_6BYHDaU","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"46 Exhaustion Isn't the Price of Ambition","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ccbc73bc-714a-4be8-bb9f-033825504fb0/3f501d49-7ee2-4ac5-8322-003fecf96479/3.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Leadership presence is often mistaken for stamina - the ability to keep going, keep performing, keep showing up no matter the cost. \n\nIn this episode of The Box of Keys, I go back to the year I first stepped into an executive role, when I mistook constant motion for momentum and told myself that exhaustion was simply the price of being in the game. My team noticed what I couldn't see: I was physically in the room, but no longer fully there, and my conversations had turned transactional. \n\nYou'll hear the advice a Chairman gave me the day I finally stepped back, and why it took eighteen months to feel on top of my game again. A short reflection on why presence can't be sustained without recovery, and why it sometimes takes enforced downtime to see what we needed all along."}