Work is the #1 cause of life stress for most people.

Probably, this is not a surprise to you.

What that research shows though is that your manager has as much impact on your mental health as your spouse.

Burnout is real.

Working hard and not being recognized, promoted or getting a pat on the back from time to time have consequences.

There are ways to work around this, of course.

You can change jobs.

You can try to have “a conversation” with your manager.

You can meditate.

You can buy one of those ridiculous notebooks that say “be present” on the cover.

Or you can do something more uncomfortable.

Take responsibility.

Not for having a bad manager.

Not for being ignored.

Not for being stuck in a company where promotions are decided in corridors, golf courses, and WhatsApp groups you are not part of.

That is not your fault.

But becoming so good, so visible, so useful, and so strategically positioned that they cannot ignore you anymore?

That part is on you.

Look.

Most people are not burned out because they work too much.

They are burned out because they work too much on things that don’t move them forward.

They deliver.

But nobody sees it.

They are “reliable”.

Which in corporate language sometimes means:

“Give this person more work, more problems, more crap… and don’t promote them yet because they are too useful where they are.”

Beautiful.

A corporate prison with Outlook and Teams.

This is why I created The Room.

Not to teach theory.

But to help serious infrastructure professionals understand the game...

If this touches any bells…

Well… You know where to click.

​The Room​

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