Burnout Is a Design Flaw, Not a Character Flaw

Why driven people hit walls faster

Most people blame burnout on weakness.

Lack of grit.
Lack of discipline.
Lack of resilience.

That’s rarely the truth.

Burnout is what happens when effort is doing the job structure was meant to do.

If your system requires constant force, it will eventually break—no matter how strong you are.

High performers don’t burn out because they care too much.

They burn out because they carry weight that should have been offloaded long ago.

Burnout isn’t failure.

It’s a design signal.

If effort is the solution, you’re already in trouble.

-Matt