I used to think stamina meant pushing through. Ignoring exhaustion, overriding stress, silencing that little voice inside that whispered, “Slow down.” Because if I just kept going, if I could just push past the discomfort, I’d make it.
But here’s what I didn’t realize:
𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 - 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞.
How often do we do this? We dismiss fatigue as laziness. We ignore anxiety as overreacting. We downplay the tightness in our chest, the knots in our stomach, the tension in our jaw - until one day, we can’t ignore it anymore.
Maybe you tell yourself it’s just stress, just a phase, just part of the price of success. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 isn’t about enduring more - it’s about responding to your body?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐭.
You’ve been conditioned to see exhaustion as a badge of honor, here’s the truth:
𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. It compounds. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. It steals your energy to enjoy it. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠. It disconnects you from what you truly need.
Your body is speaking. Are you listening?
𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟖𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 “𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚” - 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩. (Harvard Business Review, 2023) 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 - 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬: Your body tells you when to push and when to pause. Track it - then honor it.
𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬: Rest isn’t weak. It’s a strategy. Athletes don’t train at full intensity every day - because they know recovery builds strength.
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞: That nagging tension in your shoulders? That recurring migraine? That constant exhaustion? These are early warnings, not random inconveniences. Respond now, so your body doesn’t have to scream later. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞?
On a scale of 𝟏-𝟏𝟎, how well are you 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?
1 = Completely ignoring the signs.
10 = Fully tuned in.
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