Burnout by Design: How the Bootstrap Mentality is Making the Rich, Richer By Destroying the Competition — You

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Why Do We Believe in Impossible Things?

I’m not exempt from this deepseated belief that the highest form of success is a fiercely independant, ‘I can do everything all by myself’ mentality. Just last week I found myself in tears over an incident involving transporting my youngest to and from an evening activity. (I’ll link to the podcast “Red Lights, Giraffes Kicking Kids, and Redefining Strength: When Being a Good Mother Means Letting Go” down below if you want to hear the whole story.)

The Bootstrap Mentality infects every aspect of our personal lives, our businesses, our relationships, and it’s destroying us from the inside out like a parasite.

Bootstraps: We’re Missing the Point

To pull yourself up by your boot straps is literally an impossible task, try it someday, how quickly do you get off the floor by tugging your shoe?

The purpose of a bootstrap is to firmly enclose your foot in the boot.