LLYMI EP19 | Protecting Your Sweet Spot

Sometimes the most strategic leadership move isn’t pushing harder. It’s pausing.In this final episode of the season, we talk candidly about why we’re pressing pause on the Lead Like You Mean It podcast (for now) and what it means to truly protect your sweet spot.This isn’t quitting. It’s leadership.Using the 70/30 Principle, we unpack how to evaluate whether you’re spending 70% of your time in your sweet spot... the work that energizes you, aligns with your wiring, and makes you come alive... or whether your 30% (the learned behaviors, the draining tasks, the “have to” work) has quietly crept into dangerous territory.Because when 70/30 becomes 60/40… 50/50… or worse, 20/80, you’re not hustling. You’re drowning.In this episode, we explore:How to recognize when you’re upside down for too longWhy burnout often starts with misalignment, not incompetenceThe difference between short-term busy seasons and long-term imbalanceHow leaders can recalibrate their teams instead of replacing themWhy protecting your sweet spot is not selfish, it’s strategicWe also address the tension between “I can do it” and “Should I be doing it right now?” and why healthy leaders regularly prune their schedules, adjust their rhythms, and make courageous decisions to preserve alignment. Because fruitfulness requires pruning. And pausing is not weakness, it’s wisdom.If you’ve been questioning your energy, your alignment, or your peace, this episode will help you take an honest look at your 70/30 and decide what needs to shift.Lead like you mean it, even when that means pressing pause.