In this episode, Chip and Gini discuss the prevalent issue of burnout among agency owners. They explore the different types of burnout, including cyclical and long-term burnout, and offer strategies to identify, cope with, and prevent it.
Key recommendations include taking regular breaks, understanding personal energy drains and boosts, and adjusting work habits accordingly. They emphasize the importance of self-care, realistic time management, and the necessity to avoid making major decisions while burned out. Chip and Gini also share personal experiences and practical tips to help agency owners manage their workload more effectively.
Key takeaways
* Chip Griffin: “Every entrepreneur that I’ve ever known faces burnout at some point or another.”
* Gini Dietrich: “It’s like putting the oxygen mask on first. How do you take care of yourself first so that the business and your team can survive and thrive?”
* Chip Griffin: “Avoid those knee-jerk reactions that you tend to have when you’re tired, when you’re burned out, when you’re frustrated. It’s just too easy to make the wrong choices.”
* Gini Dietrich: “Understand what gives you energy and what takes energy away so that you can present your best self to your clients and your team.”
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Handling frustration as an agency owner
View Transcript
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Chip Griffin: Hello and welcome to another episode of the Agency Leadership Podcast. I’m Chip Griffin.
Gini Dietrich: And I’m Gini Dietrich.
And
Chip Griffin: Gini, I’m burned out.
Gini Dietrich: Are you?
Chip Griffin: Just burned out? Hit the wall.
Gini Dietrich: I’m sorry. You know who else is burned out? Olivia Benson sleeping next to me.
Chip Griffin: Oh, well that’s good. That means no dog in the show.
Gini Dietrich: We don’t have to play ball. Yeah. Yeah, she may, she may show up, but right now it’s passed out. Burned out.
Chip Griffin: What? What did you do to her this morning?
Gini Dietrich: I didn’t do anything.
Chip Griffin: Oh, okay. Well, I, I didn’t know if, you know, she had been out, running around and,
Gini Dietrich: mm-hmm. No, it’s snowing here out that way, so, no. Mm-hmm.
Chip Griffin: Yeah. Now we’ve got some snow here as well.
Gini Dietrich: So Dumb. It’s April.
Happy Spring.
It’s April. It’s dumb.
Chip Griffin: Oh, it is what it is. Well, we, we are gonna talk about burnout today. Not really necessarily mine or yours, but burnout generally and how agency owners can identify it, cope with it, prevent it. Just generally, I mean, it’s a,
