The Hidden Cost of Never Taking a Break

Motivation with Brendon Burchard

Brendon Burchard

Education, Business, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

If you feel burned out, distracted, or like you're constantly running on empty, it might not be a motivation problem—it might be that you’ve forgotten how to take a real break. In this energizing episode, Brendon Burchard reveals the hidden cost of always being “on” and why never pausing can actually diminish your creativity, joy, and performance. You’ll learn why releasing tension, letting go of mental baggage, and taking time to reflect aren’t luxuries—they’re essential habits for high achievers. Brendon also walks you through how taking strategic breaks isn’t about slowing down your goals—it’s about setting higher expectations for the energy, clarity, and alignment you bring to them. You’ll discover: The psychological and physical damage of never resetting How releasing tension and reflecting with intention can reignite motivation Why your next breakthrough may come only after your next break _____________________________________ If you want to avoid burnout, reconnect with purpose, and step back into your power, this episode is your call to pause with purpose. Listen now to restore your energy and rise stronger. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resources: Become a GrowthDay member to unlock daily motivational audio from Brendon, weekly training from the world’s top coaches and experts, exclusive Monday Motivation from Ed Mylett, Brendon AI, and over $5,000 of courses! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://growthday.go.link/hsAqg⁠⁠ Download Brendon’s famous 1-Page Productivity Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.growthday.com/pdf-g⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ✨ Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more motivation: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@brendonburchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@growthday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@BrendonBurchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@GrowthDayMotivation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendon Burchard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GrowthDay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _____________________________________ Don’t forget to leave a review and share this episode with someone who needs to hear this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you've never tried to take multiple breaks throughout the day, it will change everything.
0:05.0	When you burn out, when the car blows up, now that recovery time is three months, six months,
0:10.4	a major mental health problem. You feel like you lost your purpose. No, you're fatigued.
0:15.6	You are aligning throughout your life to meaningful pursuits, and your purpose will reveal itself. And if you can
0:23.7	keep recalibrating to these things, there's an ascendant path for you.
0:32.6	Barclay's ready-made investments. The clue's in the name. Not Barclays, where do I begin investments?
0:38.3	You can start from £50. That's why they're not difficult to get started investments either.
0:43.3	And you can choose your risk level, so they're hardly in at the deep end investments.
0:47.3	So, if you've got savings and you want to help grow your money over five years or more,
0:52.3	then search Barclays ready-made investments.
0:58.8	Make money work for you. Investing is not for everyone. The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invest. T's and Cs apply. If you've never tried to take
1:04.2	multiple breaks throughout the day, it will change everything because you're realigning throughout
1:09.7	the day. It's the same reason I always teach my audiences in high performance that the high
1:14.6	performance sports car doesn't need the break.
1:18.6	When it's racing around a track 200 miles an hour, it's still taking pit stops in championship races.
1:26.6	It doesn't need to. Why does it do it? To refresh, to reset.
1:31.6	It only takes a second. That thing's out going. You're like, wow. They do it because if you reset
1:39.0	and refresh, you can go longer faster. But some of you, you're burning out.
1:44.5	You burnt out the tires seven laps ago.
1:46.6	You still haven't pulled over to refresh.
1:49.3	You burnt out two children ago and you never gave your spouse a spa visit.
1:56.4	You burnt out on that last launch, but you made the money. So you're like, let's double down, babe.
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