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Winning Without Burnout: Ancient Stragegy for Modern Leadership

With Sun Tzu Art of War, Yijing & Love Intelligence Let me start with a question for everyone watching this from different parts of the world. Why is it that in fast, high-pressure years, some people collapse, some merely survive, and a small group quietly rise — without burning out? 2026 is not an ordinary year. In Chinese metaphysics, it is a Fire Horse year. Fire represents speed, visibility, emotion, urgency. Horse represents movement, independence, restlessness, refusal to be controlled. Put them together and you get a world that: • moves faster than human nervous systems, • reacts before it reflects, • and rewards boldness — but punishes recklessness. Most people respond to this kind of year in one way. They push harder. • More effort. • More meetings. • More KPIs. • More hustle. But here is the uncomfortable truth I have seen again and again over nearly four decades of working life. Burnout does not come from weakness. Burnout comes from fighting the wrong bat...