Rolando opens the session with casual hellos, gives the day and time, expresses gratitude for being alive, and introduces a chill song to set the vibe.
Rolando opens the session with casual hellos, gives the day and time, expresses gratitude for being alive, and introduces a chill song to set the vibe.
He walks viewers through a simple one-to-ten check-in, encouraging them to notice where they are and either comment or mentally record their number to build self-awareness.
Rolando frames the conversation around high-functioning individuals who are always doing and producing, and asks where the personal line is before burnout sets in.
He shares how he used to miss events, avoid messages, and fall behind on tasks as signs he'd crossed his line, noting many people don't recognize these indicators until it's late.
Rolando talks about making life a team sport by inviting trusted people into his space, giving them simple identifiers to notice when he's struggling, and having candid conversations to ensure mutual support.
He suggests realistic actions—short walks or longer hikes, tech-free bedtime routines, gym sessions, and carving out small pockets of time—as preventative steps anyone can take to maintain energy.
He urges high performers to define their personal threshold, invite help, and pursue sustainable routines, then closes with a sign-off and an invitation to follow his walking challenge and future sessions.
Cadre, what's up family? How we doing today? How we doing? It's Monday. I mean, it's Tuesday. My bad. m. on the 25th of August. And I'm grateful to be alive today. I am. Today, what are we listening to on the music? We have a song called When I Dream by an artist called Moderator. Super Chill Vibes. I'll give you a second to peep into my world. Super chill vibes. Tuesday vibes for me. Alright, so what's up, what's up? Hope everybody is doing well. Hope everyone is doing great. And if you're not, guess what?
That's okay too. Might be unfortunate, but we will get through it. Coach Ro, if you haven't met me, Rolando, Coach Ro, Rose 8612 on social media, all the things. And I'm grateful for the space and I'm grateful to be here, right? I've been on the road lately, so it's good to be back in the old chair. Yeah. Quick check-in. I always do it. You're going to hear me ask it all the time. So my goal is you get so tired of hearing me do a check-in with you that you start doing it with yourself or you wake up and you're like, how am I doing today?
Oh yeah, Ro always asks me that, but that's where we are. From one through 10, 10 being best day ever. One being I shouldn't have got out of bed today. Where are you at? Where are you at today? I don't know why I'm doing this hand thing. Where are you at today? Challenge you, drop it in the comments. Just keep it stored in your mind. Let's just take inventory where we're at today. I'm at, I woke up at about a 7, I'm at about a, I'm at about an 8. had therapy, new therapy, which is good, but my dog is suffering from allergies and breaking on hives and all the things.
So we got to navigate that. 5, 8, 7, maybe even 9. Yeah. So challenge you, where are you at? Drop in the chat. If not, just take inventory of that number and where, what would it take for you to get to that next level, to that next number? If you're at A6, what would it take for you to get to A7? That's my question. Now that we've established where you're at. So today I want to talk about high functioning individuals. Might be you. High function individuals have been on my mind, right? And if you're a high function individual like myself, you're always go, go, go, getting stuff done, performing, producing, creating, building, all of these things, right?
Where is your line to prevent burnout for you, the high functioning adult? It's a question I ask myself A lot. What am I handling? Am I handling too much? That's been on my mind, not just for me, for myself, for others that I'm around as well too. I have to turn my screen off here because then I'll keep looking at it. So for a high functioning adult, what does that line, where is that line for you? Right? I don't know if you're anything like me, where you have a lot of stakes in the fire, you have a lot of things going on, and you have a lot of people counting on you, have a lot of people supporting you, have a lot of deadlines, you have things due dates, you have all of the things, right?
If you're looking for an answer, to where your line is, you're in the wrong live stream because I don't have that answer for you. Sorry, wrong live stream. I'm just going to keep it real. When it comes to high functioning adults and where that line is for you to know where your burnout is kicking in, where you're going to burn out, only you can identify that line. Some people might not even know where that line is. For the most part, I didn't know where my line was. I didn't know where that line was.
So how did I know when I crossed that line? How did I know when I took things too far. For me, I wouldn't show up to things. I wouldn't be answering text messages. I'd be behind on emails. And everything that I missed or didn't show up for, it seemed like it just cost me a little bit more, a little bit more anxiety, a little bit more energy. And I had to identify that line. All right. And I'm not saying that as I'm going through that now. but in the past, right? There's a lot of us that show up and we say yes to things, we get things done.
We're a doer, right? But even doers get tired. Say that with me now. Doers get tired too, right? So I'm always wondering and asking people, where's your line? A lot of us, you know, that line moves because we say we got this, we can do this. I'll make it happen. I'll make it work. I'll slow down next week. Let me come closer. Are you one of those people that always say things will slow down next week? We'll slow down next week or next month or next quarter. But if you're a doer like me, there's always something that's going to pop up to push that line even further.
Always. Because that's what we do, we do, right? So one of the things that I've had to do for myself personally is I've had to invite individuals into my space, even as a high functioning performer, right? A high functioning adult, I do all the things, right? When you have this life that you created for yourself, you do all the things, you're driving the ship. But sometimes we need a copilot. Sometimes we need help. And I don't know if you're anything like me, but it is hard. Let me say that it is hard to ask for help.
It's simple, not easy. Luke is always saying that. Luke Wintland, you guys know, he created this thing. Simple, not easy. Asking for help, it's so simple, but it's not easy to do, right? Because it involves a lot of things like ego, pride, admitting that you need help, who not a lot of people want to do that, right? One of the things I found is by inviting people into my space, Right, I do need some help. It's a team sport. Life is a team sport. In my opinion, it's a team sport, right? I've had to invite people in my space like, hey, bro or sis, depending on who I'm talking to.
I would invite them in that space and be like, hey, I'm struggling. I don't know where my line is. I have a tendency to do too much. But when you send me a message or call me and I give you this short brief answer or I rush you off or I don't want to show up for things, that's usually a good indicator that I'm pushing up on that threshold. I'm coming close to that line where I'm burning out. And I've had to give people identifiers, not necessarily to make this their job, but if someone is my friend and they know me and I know them, I'd rather talk about those types of things in conversation than what's going on Netflix.
Right. So, hey, I noticed you didn't want to show up to this, but you really like that. So what happened? That's the conversations I like to have with my friends, right? To make sure that we are all safe, we are all thriving, and we are all supported. Right. So I invite people in that space. And I realized that I take pride in having the capacity to do a lot of stuff. I can do that. Easy. I'll make it work. I'll make it work. Put it in the calendar. Send me an invite. Are you one of those people?
Send me an invite. I am unfortunately one of those people. If it's on the calendar, then it's gonna happen for me. So I invite people into that space so they can see when I need help and we can talk about it. And it's not saying that they're going to sit down and change my life, but just that question is like, oh, are you coming close to your line? Are you closing that burnout rate? Like what's going on with you? Let's just talk, right? And what I had to do is I have to take time off for myself, even with a busy schedule.
If you can take 45 minutes out to scroll on social media throughout the day. And I'm being nice with that 45 minutes. You know what I'm saying? If you can take 45 minutes of scrolling online on social media or shopping or whatever, you can take time to do the things that are going to prevent you from burning out. For me, hiking, love hiking. And to me, it's not a hike unless it's at least like 7 miles. Three miles, like, no, we just went on a walk. I need like a good 8 mile, good 8 mile hike, right?
That does it for me. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. But in reality, do we always have time for an 8 mile hike? Absolutely not. Right? So I'll take short walks. Yesterday I went a 3 mile walk with my dog and just existed. Right? For me, getting into bed is a critical space for me. Getting into bed without a tablet, without a phone, without the TV on is me intentionally protecting a space that's going to pay me back tomorrow. If I go into bed the night before, if I have a big day or it's on a stressful day and I'm like, hey, technology free zone.
Yeah, it's going to be a little uncomfortable at first because we all like to scroll and do all the things. But if I protect that space in that moment, I get the rewards of it tomorrow when I wake up. And that's one of the small things that help me prevent myself from burning out. The gym. The gym is a big one. 45 minutes. Let's go. Rep it out. What do we do? We all have different things. Yours are going to be different for mine. Mine are going to be different for yours. But my point in saying all this is if we don't know where our line is when it comes to burnout, we're not going to know we crossed it until it's too late.
We're just not. Burnout is something that can be prevented. if we put in the steps and intentionality before, right? I don't know about you guys. I'm typically, I've had a history of being the guy that cleans up burnout with a mop. Once it's too late, let's try to clean this up, backtrack. It's okay, let's go upstream a little bit, put some preventative action in steps and see if we can navigate this a little bit differently. So for me, the cheat code that worked for me is inviting others into that space, into that headspace.
of when I'm moving too fast, when you see me on my phone and I'm moving and grooving and I'm doing too much and I have a half a conversation with you because I'm not all the way engaged because I have so much stuff going on. There's little signs that are my telltales that I had to make a list and share with other people. And I did. So I challenge you, identify where is your line when it comes to burnout. You're probably a high performing. individual, have a lot going on, but we all have our lines.
And if we don't know where it is, we usually won't know until we cross it where that line is. So let's invite some people into that space to help us prevent burnout. Because we got some stuff to go do because we're doers. We're doers and we get things done. So let's get them done in a sustainable way so we can keep getting things done. That's what I got for you. My name is Rolando, Coach Rowe. 30. Follow me more on the app to take a walk with me. Walk with me for a few minutes as I walk the entire state of Minnesota, the perimeter of Minnesota.
We are a little bit over halfway. We got two months to go. I'm heading out there tomorrow morning to get back to it. That's what I got for you. Have a good day. Let's get out there and do stuff. Peace out. Speak wonder. I see you on my way out.
