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Your power-through mindset can drive you to achieve great things.

But working through pain, fatigue, and burnout in the name of success can come at a cost.

There are four simple cues to help you recognize you are in a power-through situation.

Ask yourself, what price tag does your power-through mindset carry? And is it worth it?

Last week, the right hip spasms came seemingly out of nowhere and ground me to a halt. The warning signs were there in recent months as I winced climbing stairs or on uphill walks. I didn’t make it my top priority, instead, moving on to what I believed were more pressing issues, building and launching a coaching program, writing my next op-ed, attending a key business conference.

A few days later, as I limped through multiple doctors appointments, my phone rang. It was a close friend who was driving to her doctor for a backache she had attempted to ignore, as she focused on her intense new job, but now had her in its grip. “I’ve been powering through this for a few weeks,” she said.

Are you afflicted with the power-through mindset, like golfer Tiger Woods, who just cratered again after allegedly crashing into a vehicle while taking high-dosage pain killers? Pushing through pain, be it physical, psychological or emotional, to reach your goals?

This mindset has been my key driver through not one but two high-intensity careers, first, as a journalist at major national publications, and then, advising and coaching tech CEOs.

The power-through mindset is a huge asset specially for leaders at the top echelons of........

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