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title: Season 4 | Ep 42 | Stop Overworking Yourself - Work - Life - Balance
description: Overworking yourself doesn’t lead to happiness. It doesn’t even lead to greater profits in your agency in most cases. I know this because… I’ve struggled with it.
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# [Season 4 | Ep 42 | Stop Overworking Yourself - Work - Life - Balance](https://podcast.creativeagencysuccess.com/stop-overworking-yourself-work-life-balance)

 Written by [Robert Patin](https://podcast.creativeagencysuccess.com/author/robert-patin) | Feb 11, 2022 1:30:00 PM

Overworking yourself doesn’t lead to happiness. It doesn’t even lead to greater profits in your agency in most cases. I know this because… I’ve struggled with it.

In this episode of The Agency Blueprint, I’m going to be vulnerable with you. I share how I struggled with overworking myself. And I’ll let you in on what went on in my mind - how I ended up tying my self-worth with my ability to be productive.

If you want to know how I successfully overcame this period in my life, join me in the podcast.

**Key Questions:** 

- What actually defines your value? (2:17)
- What causes us to blur the lines between our life and work? (6:05)
- What is the secret to achieving maximum cognitive ability? (16:10)

**What You’ll Discover:**

- The realization that being a workaholic and being productive isn’t always a good thing (1:26)
- The strategy I used to stop overworking myself and instead create more time for me (9:06)
- 2 causes of distraction that may be compromising efficiencies in your agency (12:15)

 

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