Resilience fatigue is different from burnout. Burnout often comes from monotony or overuse. Resilience fatigue comes from constant adaptation. In this episode, Jonathan and Jaime unpack what happens when high performers are expected to cope indefinitely with shifting goals, unclear finish lines, and permanent urgency.

The discussion starts with a simple but uncomfortable truth. Organizations often confuse capability with capacity. High performers can usually do the work, so leaders assume they should keep doing it. Over time, these people become the ones who absorb tension, smooth chaos, and take arrows for the team. They present as steady and professional on the outside while their nervous systems quietly disengage.

The hosts introduce the idea of the “moving finish line.” Burnout looks like pounding the same nail forever. Resilience fatigue looks like running a marathon where the route keeps changing. When leadership relies on grit instead of clarity, toughness replaces planning. Heroics become the operating model.

To address this, the episode introduces the L.C.R.M. framework. Load, Capacity, Recovery, and Meaning. The framework helps teams audit whether a plan is realistic or whether it secretly depends on everyone being heroic forever. Meaning matters, but it cannot be used as a permission slip for emotional overdraft.

The episode closes with practical leadership shifts. Stop asking general questions that invite polite lies. Start asking specific questions that surface tradeoffs. Celebrate documentation, handoffs, and de escalation, not just late night saves. When leaders design for recovery and clarity, resilience stops being an emergency response and becomes sustainable.

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The Slackers Podcast is produced by Jaime Solis and Jonathan Sasse.
Audio production by Stephen Kallao.
Cover art by Jonathan Sasse

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🎙️ Jonathan Sasse — Chief Strategy Officer and executive advisor.
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🎙️ Jaime Solis — Music & Media executive, strategist, and creator of the Red Threads newsletter.
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