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Burnout cycles

You go hard. Then you collapse. Then you go hard again.

The system swings between full output and shutdown, with nothing in between.

What's actually happening

The crash is not weakness. It is the correction to the push. The way out is not more discipline at the top — it is taking less, so there is less to fall from.

Practices

Start with whichever is most available to you right now. The first groups tend to work soonest; the later ones build over time.

Why this works

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