After creating a list of his daily and weekly tasks looking for those that could be outsourced, James realizes he needs to hire a maid, valet, and cook. Pat reins things in nicely, which creates the space to explore how each Gifted Underachiever’s creative adjacent work patterns—long hours, multiple clients, no days off—have brought them into systems that are unsustainable. They then reflect on guidance by life and leadership coach Sarah Calabro: We create systems to conserve something, so what is your system conserving? Pow! And then: Without judgement, ask if your system is working or not working?

Clearly, our systems are not working because the least little thing can send things off the rails. This is dysfunction. And time to interrogate the structure of our lives.

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* What does your system conserve?

* Is your system working?

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