Jul 24, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
**Burnout, Boundaries, and Why the Most Capable Person in the Room May Be Closest to the Edge** What happens when competence becomes a survival strategy? In this episode of **Notes From the Edge**…
Lisa LacyHost
Loren SilvermanGuest
If you want to take a look backwards and see what has occurred, what has happened, maybe why your patterns are the way that they are, you know, talk therapy is a rite of passage to, to take a look backwards.
It was, uh, transformational coaches [laughs] that really made the exponential change for me, primarily because when I started working with transformational coaches, and it's why I love talking to them now on the podcast, it's why I became one, we are interested in forward momentum.
Um, and I, I love that you turned it into a game, because sometimes it can feel like a trudge.
So, um, you spent two decades, so it's 20 years, that's a chunk of change of your life, in technology and digital transformation.
Uh, when did healthy persistence, right? The push, the, the keep going, the suck it up, toughen up, keep going, when, when did you realize for you it became self-abandonment? And how can other people recognize that in themselves?
And you know, we've kind of been told in our culture, at least I was growing up, that, you know, the grind is how you succeed.
And the, you know, especially in technology, enterprise technology, there's such a grind culture and, you know, heroics, uh, staying up until 4:00 AM to, to get the release, you know, out the door and, and, you know, the product shipped.
Um, and yet all of these companies say upfront if you look at any of their About Us, uh, they, they tout, um, you know, people first-
I've yet to truly find- Uh, in the space that I was working in, a truly, like, people first culture.
I stopped enjoying going and, and doing the things that used to excite me and light me up.
If you want to take a look backwards and see what has occurred, what has happened, maybe why your patterns are the way that they are, you know, talk therapy is a rite of passage to, to take a look backwards.
It was, uh, transformational coaches [laughs] that really made the exponential change for me, primarily because when I started working with transformational coaches, and it's why I love talking to them now on the podcast, it's why I became one, we are interested in forward momentum.
Um, and I, I love that you turned it into a game, because sometimes it can feel like a trudge.
So, um, you spent two decades, so it's 20 years, that's a chunk of change of your life, in technology and digital transformation.
Uh, when did healthy persistence, right? The push, the, the keep going, the suck it up, toughen up, keep going, when, when did you realize for you it became self-abandonment? And how can other people recognize that in themselves?
And you know, we've kind of been told in our culture, at least I was growing up, that, you know, the grind is how you succeed.
And the, you know, especially in technology, enterprise technology, there's such a grind culture and, you know, heroics, uh, staying up until 4:00 AM to, to get the release, you know, out the door and, and, you know, the product shipped.
Um, and yet all of these companies say upfront if you look at any of their About Us, uh, they, they tout, um, you know, people first-
I've yet to truly find- Uh, in the space that I was working in, a truly, like, people first culture.
I stopped enjoying going and, and doing the things that used to excite me and light me up.
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Flight to Aid Ukraine
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Dropping Competence Mask
Competence camouflage cracked, revealing unexpected inner peace
Grind Culture Myth
Tech's grind culture isn't really people-first ever
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