RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast

Build a thriving business/organization without sacrificing what matters most. I'm your host, Kent Murawski, leadership coach and author, and I'm on a mission to help high performers achieve sustainable success—the kind that doesn't cost you your soul. After my own burnout at 27, I discovered it's not about balance or productivity hacks. It's about the the right rhythms— R elational, E motional, S piritual, and T angible—working together like the four chambers of the heart. Come with me on this journey every other week as we explore what it takes to lead powerfully while staying whole. Learn more about coaching and resources at https://KentMurawski.com .

RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Kent Murawski, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Kent Murawski hosts RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast, a business show with 15 episodes published.

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  RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast

  Episode 13: Why Working Less Made These Two Business Owners Grow Faster

  Sep 20, 202624 min

  Every time Jesh thought about taking Friday off, his chest would tighten. He was afraid one day off would cost him revenue, the same assumption almost every business owner runs on. Two business owners tested that assumption as a reversible experiment instead of a permanent change, and neither one lost a dollar. What you'll learn Why cutting a day from your work week can increase revenue instead of costing you How to test a belief instead of defending it, using a reversible experiment Why the Emotional rhythm, not the number of hours worked, is usually the real problem What the 80/20 principle reveals about which hours are actually producing your results A 24-48 hour action step for building margin without redesigning your business Key quote from the episode "Most people think this is about revenue. It's actually about whether you're willing to challenge a belief you've never questioned." Episode highlights Jesh took Fridays off as a "summer experiment," and within two months his revenue was up 20 percent He hit his yearly revenue goal six months early, and a year later he still takes Fridays off James, who owns a trucking and land development company in Florida, made the same trade during a revenue downturn and landed a major new job within months Parkinson's Law explains why the work that felt urgent simply stopped needing to happen Kent shares what happened the few months he abandoned his own Friday rhythm, and what it cost him Take the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT The RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you which of your four rhythms is breaking down and give you one move to make this week. Not next quarter. This week. Three minutes. Free. https://restassessment.scoreapp.com/ Subscribe to the newsletter If the calendar is full but the energy is not, the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you exactly which of your four rhythms is most out of sync and give you the order of operations to fix it. Three minutes. Free. Results in your inbox. kentmurawski.com/newsletter Connect on social Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentmurawski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentmurawski X: https://x.com/kentmurawski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmurawski YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KentMurawski

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  Episode #12

  Episode 12: Leadership Burnout Isn't a Self-Awareness Problem (Most Leaders Already Have That)

  Sep 6, 202624 minS2

  I used to believe that saying "I'm burned out" was most of the work. It's not — it's the starting line. In this episode, I trace my own breakdown at 27 and a near-repeat at 39 to show why insight alone never held, and what finally did: rhythms built to flex instead of a routine built to resist. What You'll Learn Why naming your burnout out loud hasn't moved the needle — and what actually will Which of your four rhythms (Relational, Emotional, Spiritual, Tangible) is quietly running you into the ground Why the vulnerability you've already mastered is the opening move, not the win What shifted for one CTO's entire team once his own rhythm changed Why fixing your own rhythms carries more weight than you think, even if you don't run the whole organization Key Quote from the Episode "Burnout isn't a feelings problem you talk your way out of. It's a structural problem you build your way out of." Episode Highlights I trace my burnout at 27 and a near-miss at 39 to show why insight alone didn't protect me the second time The skyscraper metaphor: rhythms built to flex hold weight that rigid ones can't New Vistage data shows CEO burnout climbing to 70% occasional, 28% frequent or daily Cliff's story: how one CTO's entire team shifted once his relational rhythm did Why "fix your own rhythms first" isn't a small answer — it's the leverage point (Maxwell's Law of the Lid) Take the RHYTHMS OF REST Assessment The RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you which of your four rhythms is breaking down and give you one move to make this week. Not next quarter. This week. Five minutes. Free. kentmurawski.com/rest-assessment Subscribe to the Newsletter Join hundreds of other high achievers who receive honest, inspiring, and practical insights every other Sunday to help you live and lead from internal rest instead of burnout. No fluff—just simple and tangible RHYTHMS OF REST ℠ that help you slow down without losing momentum. kentmurawski.com/newsletter Connect on Social Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentmurawski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentmurawski X: https://x.com/kentmurawski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmurawski YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KentMurawski

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  Episode #11

  If You Feel Like You're Winning at Work and Losing at Home… This Episode Is for You

  Aug 30, 202626 minS2

  Burnout isn't new for high-capacity leaders — it's been quietly wrecking us for years, and it just keeps finding a new decade to show up in. In this episode, I get honest about the second time it nearly took me down, right as I was heading into my 40s, and the one shift in posture — not a system, not a hack — that finally broke the cycle. If your calendar is full but you're still running on fumes, this one's for you. What You'll Learn: Why the fix for burnout was never "try harder" — and what actually broke the cycle for me How to tell the difference between releasing control and abdicating responsibility Why your brain may be getting sharper, not slower, past 40 — and what to do with that Why one of my coaching clients scaled her company the same season she cut her work nights in half The one question to ask yourself the next time anxiety starts building "Work is a priority. It is not the priority." Episode Highlights: The CEO story that proves burnout isn't a new problem — it's an old one leaders are finally naming out loud The ordinary Wednesday afternoon that changed how I think about rest for good Why the "illusion of control" might be running your calendar right now What the research on fluid vs. crystallized intelligence means for leaders past 40 Valeria's story: fewer work nights, more revenue — not less The RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you which of your four rhythms is breaking down and give you one move to make this week. Not next quarter. This week. Five minutes. Free. kentmurawski.com/restassessment If the calendar is full but the energy is not, the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you exactly which of your four rhythms is most out of sync and give you the order of operations to fix it. Five minutes. Free. Results in your inbox. KentMurawski.com/assessment . kentmurawski.com/newsletter Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentmurawski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentmurawski X: https://x.com/kentmurawski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmurawski YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KentMurawski

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  Episode 10: Balance Won't Fix Your Burnout (These Four Rhythms Will)

  Aug 23, 202636 minS2

  I had two breakdowns twelve years apart — the second one while I was doing everything the wellness industry told me to do. In this episode, I break down why six trillion dollars in global wellness spending hasn't moved the burnout numbers in over a decade, and I introduce the four-chamber framework, Rhythms of Rest, that finally did. What you'll learn Why "balance" is a physics metaphor that was never built for a human life, and the perspective that actually works instead The four rhythms behind sustainable leadership: Relational, Emotional, Spiritual, and Tangible How to name the one rhythm quietly driving your burnout, without a twelve-step audit The "keystone rhythm," borrowed from the psychology of keystone habits, and how to pick yours this week Why "self-care" language keeps you stuck, and the words that actually hold Key quote from the episode "Most people think they're burned out from too much work. They're actually burned out from the wrong rhythms." Episode highlights I relive the morning I ended up face down on my kitchen floor at twenty-seven, and the second breakdown at thirty-nine that scared me more Why six trillion dollars in global wellness spending hasn't made a dent in executive burnout The Rhythms of Rest framework, explained through the four chambers of a heartbeat Brandon's story: a founder who cut his hours from 12–15 a day, seven days a week, to 2–4 hours a day, six days a week — a seventy percent drop The ancient story of Daniel in Babylon, and what a ten-day trial period proves about keeping your own rhythm inside someone else's system Take the Rhythms of Rest assessment The RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you which of your four rhythms is breaking down and give you one move to make this week. Not next quarter. This week. Five minutes. Free. kentmurawski.com/rest-assessment Subscribe to the newsletter If the calendar is full but the energy is not, the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you exactly which of your four rhythms is most out of sync and give you the order of operations to fix it. Five minutes. Free. Results in your inbox. KentMurawski.com/assessment . kentmurawski.com/newsletter Connect on social Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentmurawski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentmurawski X: https://x.com/kentmurawski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmurawski YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KentMurawski editor/social media manager: Instagram @murawskifilms

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  RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Leadership Podcast

  3 Arguments I'm About to Make That the Wellness Industry Never Will

  Aug 20, 20267 min

  The wellness industry made six trillion dollars last year telling you how to fix your burnout. And burnout among leaders like you hasn't gone down — it's climbing. This trailer opens three weeks of arguments that industry would rather you never heard, starting with the one hiding in plain sight. What You'll Learn The specific dollar figure behind the wellness industry, and why it matters that burnout keeps climbing despite it Why "I did everything right" is often the exact sentence right before someone burns out a second time The reason behind the three-week schedule break, and why it's happening now instead of later A free way to see, in under three minutes, exactly which of your four rhythms needs attention first Key Quote "Most of us think we're burned out from too much work. We're actually burned out from the wrong rhythms." Episode Highlights The real distinction this season draws between too much work and the wrong rhythms, and why the difference changes everything Three previews land over the next three weeks: doing everything "right" and still breaking, the grind that built a career becoming the grind ending it, and why performing vulnerability isn't the same as real change Why this trailer breaks the usual every-other-week rhythm, and what that says about how seriously this argument is meant to be taken A direct prompt to notice which of the three previews lands hardest — that's the one to listen to first Take the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT The RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you which of your four rhythms is breaking down and give you one move to make this week. Not next quarter. This week. Five minutes. Free. kentmurawski.com/restassessment Subscribe to the Newsletter If the calendar is full but the energy is not, the RHYTHMS OF REST ASSESSMENT will tell you exactly which of your four rhythms is most out of sync and give you the order of operations to fix it. Five minutes. Free. Results in your inbox. KentMurawski.com/assessment . kentmurawski.com/newsletter Connect on Social Instagram: https://instagram.com/kentmurawski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kentmurawski X: https://x.com/kentmurawski LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentmurawski YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KentMurawski Editor: @murawskifilms on instagram

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