🎙 Episode Overview: In this episode, I share a vulnerable story from my early days as an ER nurse that taught me a crucial lesson about capacity and burnout. Through what seemed like a simple incident with my car mirror, I discovered important insights about recognizing and managing our limits as healthcare leaders.

🔑 In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• My perspective on identifying warning signs before hitting your capacity limits
• How I use systems thinking to understand personal and organizational resilience
• The framework I developed for finding your sustainable "green zone" of operation

🧠 Key Ideas to Take With You:

• Think of your capacity like an oxygen tank - it needs to stay in the "green zone" for sustainability
• Expanding system capacity requires structural adjustments, not just working harder
• True sustainability requires both engagement and reasonable boundaries

🎧 How to Get the Most Out of This Episode: Listen to my journey from an overwhelmed new nurse to a systems thinker. Consider how my realizations about capacity might parallel your own leadership challenges.

🛠️ Practical Actions You Can Take:

• Use my oxygen tank analogy to assess your current capacity percentage
• Follow my approach of setting clear boundary cutoff times for high-intensity periods
• Apply my framework to evaluate if your current pace is both sustainable and engaging
• Look for areas where structural changes could expand your capacity

📲 Call to Action:

• Share this episode with your fellow nurse leaders who are navigating capacity challenges
• DM me with your own experiences and insights about managing capacity
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