Getting Burned Out and Separating From His Wife: What Carlos Hidalgo Learned and How He Adjusted

<p>Show Notes: <a href="https://www.markgraban.com/mistake114">https://www.markgraban.com/mistake114</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #114 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> i<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/genacox/">s </a><a href="https://carlosandsusanne.com/about-carlos-and-susanne/">Carlos Hidalgo</a>, an author, International &amp; TEDx Speaker, marketer, consultant, coach, and advisor.</p> <p>Carlos is a co-host of <a href="https://carlosandsusanne.podbean.com/">The Life Design Podcast</a> (with his wife Susanne) and is the author of the book Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/3EmZu6Y"><em>The UnAmerican Dream: Finding Personal and Professional Happiness Establishing Work-Life Boundaries</em></a>.</p> <p>In today's episode, Carlos shares his “favorite mistake” story about getting off track and burned out, professionally and personally, by putting his identity and purpose into his profession.</p> <p>We talk about that and other topics including:</p> <ul> <li>My mention of a previous <a href="https://www.markgraban.com/dr-greg-jacobson-on-juggling-life-and-being-both-an-emergency-physician-and-a-startup-ceo/">episode #31 Greg Jacobson</a> – cohabitating with your spouse</li> <li>What happens when business doesn’t go well?</li> <li>2015: came to a head, was burned out… relationship struggles, then separation</li> <li>Hustle culture… can be problematic (“garbage”)</li> <li>LinkedIn – “<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141117200413-3107648-it-s-ok-to-not-have-a-work-life-balance/">it’s OK to not have a work/life balance</a>”</li> <li>What do you mean by “Designing Your Life”? Podcast?</li> <li>Allowing life to just happen? Or designing it?</li> </ul> <p>Find Carlos on Social Media:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/cahidalgo">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlosahidalgo/">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/carlos.susanne/">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/