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EPISODE · Sep 5, 2025 · 8 MIN

Why Your Get-Sh*t-Done Identity is Costing You Everything (Vault)

from Balance & Beyond · host Jo Stone

The "Get Shit Done" identity that once propelled your career may now be causing burnout and limiting your potential. This episode explores why being efficient, reliable, and productive is no longer enough in today's workplace, and offers strategies to transition from being someone who "gets things done" to someone who "makes things happen."• Three characteristics of GSD people: high achiever tendencies, efficiency obsession, and external validation dependency• Warning signs your GSD approach has hit a plateau: chronic overwhelm, being passed over for promotion, resentment, and burnout• Why AI makes the GSD identity increasingly obsolete as technology can now perform tasks faster than humans• The alternative: becoming a Woman of Influence who leads others, challenges the status quo, and maintains healthy boundaries• How shifting your identity from doer to influencer leads to working less while achieving more meaningful resultsIf this resonated with you, share it with a friend who needs to hear it today, and don't forget to subscribe to Balance and Beyond for full episodes and more of these bite-sized breakthroughs.Send a text message to JoThe Balance & Beyond Podcast Hosted by Jo Stone, founder of The Balance InstituteFor women who are already succeeding, but beginning to wonder if they're willing to keep losing themselves in the process.We know high achievers, because we are one. This podcast draws on Jo's 20 years in global leadership and thousands of hours coaching executives and ambitious women: the patterns she sees, how to untangle them, and what it actually takes to keep your success without paying for it with yourself.If something landed today, there's more where that came from.And if you know a woman this would resonate with, send it her way.🎙️https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcast 🔗 www.balanceinstitute.com💼https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanne📷 @therealjostone

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The "Get Shit Done" identity that once propelled your career may now be causing burnout and limiting your potential. This episode explores why being efficient, reliable, and productive is no longer enough in today's workplace, and offers strategies to transition from being someone who "gets things done" to someone who "makes things happen." • Three characteristics of GSD people: high achiever tendencies, efficiency obsession, and external validation dependency • Warning signs your GSD approa...

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