High performers love to push, grind, and go — but what if the missing link to greater results isn’t more effort, but better rest?

In this episode of Unlocked, host Kristyn Drennen sits down with David Shrum, a Meta Performance™ Executive Coach and former EMS Director, to unpack why rest is not a luxury, but a critical discipline for leaders. Together they explore:

• The difference between passive breaks and active rest
• How to uncover and rewrite the limiting stories leaders carry about rest
• What to do when you feel overwhelmed by vision — or starved for it
• Why protecting your “furnace” of energy fuels better leadership, better families, and better results

Resources Mentioned:

• Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Pang
• Sleeping At Last’s Enneagram Album (especially songs 6 & 8)
• Connect with David Shrum on LinkedIn or via email.

Reference Correction: Using furnace as a description for our energy reserves and the necessity to protect it comes from Jason Jaggard in his book Beyond High Performance.

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