The one and only time I was burned out, there was no way in hell I was capable of that kind of initiative. Self-autonomy is one of the things it kills.

I only escaped burnout via an 'ah-HAH!' moment when reading up on strategy creation, and realised that I needed to start cutting down my workload to only what really matters and nothing more.

A startup environment is a terrible environment for anyone who cant cut through the weeds of the nice-to-have to see only the necessary.

I have started my own company and made a job that I'm passionate about and I think my friends would laugh at anybody who claimed that I wasn't burnt out basically all the time. ;)