Executive Burnout: Close an $80M Deal, Back to Zero by Monday

Name: Executive Burnout: Close an $80M Deal, Back to Zero by Monday
Uploaded: 2026-10-05
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Nick Burns
Description: Close an $80 million deal and you feel it for about 48 hours. Then Monday comes and the scoreboard is back to zero. "What have you done for us lately?" Nobody told us this game has no finish line. No bonus check makes the scoreboard stop resetting.

A 0:43 clip from Episode #012: Why Successful Executives Still Feel Empty (The Scoreboard Problem). Captions are burned into the video.

Close an $80 million deal and you feel it for about 48 hours.

Then Monday comes and the scoreboard is back to zero. "What have you done for us lately?"

Nobody told us this game has no finish line. No bonus check makes the scoreboard stop resetting.

Watch the full episode from 2:56

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