No Pro Athlete Shows Up Under-Slept or Overstimulated — So Why Do Business Leaders? How to Become an Executive Athlete and Stop Burning Out with Nicole Elizabeth Ward

No Pro Athlete Shows Up Under-Slept or Overstimulated — So Why Do Business Leaders? How to Become an Executive Athlete and Stop Burning Out with Nicole Elizabeth Ward

July 9, 2026 · 53 min · Season 1 · Episode 314

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Nicole Elizabeth Ward discusses the importance of treating business leaders as executive athletes to prevent burnout.

No professional athlete in 2026 goes into a game under-slept, under-nourished and overstimulated. So why are business execs and entrepreneurs still doing that every single day? It’s because they don’t recognize they are actually executive athletes. And just like sport athletes, business athletes need healthy bodies and minds to the same degree if they want to avoid being another burnout statistic. Nicole Elizabeth Ward combines twenty-five years of sales leadership experience with he...

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