Book Review
Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success by Julie Bee is a step-by-step, practical guide for business owners to overcome, prevent, and leverage burnout in ways that fuel their growth and success. Burnout is an epidemic in the business owner community, and the guidance to overcome it by taking a vacation, getting more exercise, and incorporating meditation into their days isn’t the advice they need.
During more than 15 years as a business owner, leader, and now author of Burned: How Business Owners Can Overcome Burnout and Fuel Success, Julie Bee has experienced firsthand this unique struggle—one that often requires that they continue working while overcoming their burnout.
With this comprehensive guide, Julie helps readers:
Understand the three types and two cycles of burnout, and learn how to identify signs of each in yourself
Make space for addressing burnout, especially when taking a break isn’t an option
Fix any problems your burnout causes in your business and/or personal life
Recover from burnout and prevent it from recurring
Leverage breakthroughs uncovered in the process of dealing with burnout
Ready to transform your struggle into success? Burned is an empowering and actionable playbook for burned-out business owners from a business owner who has been there.
Author Quotes
My goal in writing this book is to first normalize burnout for business owners. The hustle and grind of owning a company is part of our daily lives, and it can cause burnout. Balancing this dynamic is a challenge to say the least.
I wrote this for all of us business owners. It recognizes that our work and personal lives are difficult, if not impossible, to separate.
If you don’t have a support team right now, start building one. It’s important even on the good days to have people you can rely on. It’s crucial on the bad days, especially when you’re burned out.
About the author
Julie Bee is the business owner burnout strategist. She’s been dubbed the “small business fixer” by her clients and peers. With over 15 years in the entrepreneurial field, Julie has solidified her reputation as a dynamic consultant, riveting speaker, and leader who sheds light on the darker side of business ownership. She has a knack for transforming businesses from the ground up. Whether it’s reshaping workplace cultures or empowering leaders, Julie’s influence proves game-changing for those who collaborate with her. Having been celebrated by Fast Company and Forbes, her insights are in high demand.
Why LoA loves it…
There are times on this rollercoaster journey that is entrepreneurship when we feel burned out, and it can be difficult to find the energy and focus to bounce back. It’s important to understand that this is not an uncommon situation, and with the right kind of support, there is a mechanism to not just re-energize and come back to fight another day, but to also achieve success as a result of harnessing the experience. In her new book, Burned, Julie Bee has both the insights and the practical support to help women entrepreneurs to navigate the world of burnout. This is a really great book for everyone feeling the pressure needing that extra help to successful navigate and overcome burnout. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa