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How to address burnout when business partners are both depleted

My business partner and I launched our startup with so much enthusiasm but now we're both completely burned out and instead of acknowledging it we keep pushing each other harder — we're afraid if we admit we're running on empty the whole thing will collapse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people have built something together that now demands more energy than either possesses, but fear that honesty about their depletion will destroy what they've created.

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“Where Are You with Energy vitality and depletion?”

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