If you've just returned from summer holidays feeling like you need another break already, or you're currently in pre-holiday cramming mode, this episode is perfectly timed.

Chloe opens up about being a reformed "holiday ninja" who used to obsessively map out the year to maximise time off, negotiate for more holiday days instead of pay rises, and land at 6am to go straight to work. Sound familiar?

But here's the uncomfortable truth: if you're constantly needing to escape your work, the real problem isn't that you need better holidays — it's that you need work you don't need to escape from.

You'll hear:

• Why the "just survive until my holiday" mentality guarantees you'll immediately need another one
• The three drivers of intrinsic motivation that make work feel like play (from Daniel Pink's "Drive")
• How to integrate holiday energy into your normal week instead of living boom-bust cycles
• Why leaders desperately need thinking space (and how over a third admit they don't create it)
• Chloe's new community experiment: weekly "CoThink sessions" for protected thinking time

This isn't about working less or taking fewer holidays. It's about creating work you love and building sustainable recovery into normal life, so holidays become a bonus, not a desperate necessity.

Mentioned resources:

• Daniel Pink's "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us": https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/
• The Leader that Lasts Community (where we host the Co-Think Sessions): https://www.skool.com/the-leader-that-lasts-9742/about

Connect with Chloe:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-temple/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadershipwithchloe/

Join the thinking space revolution: https://www.skool.com/the-leader-that-lasts-9742/about

Listen now if you're tired of the countdown-to-holiday cycle and ready to build work that energises rather than depletes you.