Capacity, Not Character

di Casey Hale (Autore)

VinterBooks, 2026

People don't burn out in a blaze. More often, they quietly lose range. You still deliver. You still respond. You still look capable. But the work starts costing more than it used to—more recovery time, more patience, more late-night cleanup, more "small" requests that aren't actually small. And because nothing dramatic happened, it's easy to misread the pattern as a personal failing. Capacity, Not Character offers a different explanation: burnout is often capacity math and workflow design, not virtue. When the system asks for more than it funds—through ambiguous ownership, endless input, constant interrupts, and work that never fully closes—people compensate privately. That compensation looks like professionalism. It also becomes the hidden tax that slowly consumes your attention and resilience. Written in the calm, operational style of the Work Clarity Playbooks, this book gives you a set of practical moves to reduce ongoing drain without turning your life into a self-improvement project. It's built for real environments: cross-functional friction, high standards, and limited authority. Inside you'll learn how to: Spot the early signals that get mislabeled as "personality" (irritability, avoidance, fog, lowered patience) Recognize hidden thresholds where the same work suddenly costs more Use simple capacity budgeting to make constraints visible before the week collapses Replace "just push through" with bounded sprints that have real endpoints and tradeoffs Renegotiate workload without drama using neutral, operational language Reduce the meeting tax by separating updates from decisions—and closing loops Protect quality without becoming the workflow's reliability layer Stabilize in two weeks with a plan that's mechanical, not motivational Run a lightweight weekly capacity review so overload becomes obvious early Design work that doesn't consume you: clearer owners, clearer "done," shorter decision paths, fewer reopen loops This is not therapy. It's not hustle. It's not a personality makeover. It's a field guide for restoring operating range—so your work can be demanding without being all-consuming. Clarity beats theater.

• Autore: Casey Hale
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: VinterBooks
• Formato: EPUB3 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232644970