Civic work, while meaningful and rewarding, often comes with hidden costs that are seldom acknowledged. Leaders in the nonprofit sector, such as Kay Williams and Rachel, endure significant emotional and physical tolls as they strive to make impactful changes. Their devotion frequently leads to experiences of exhaustion and poverty, illustrating a troubling paradox: those who give the most can end up with the least. Resilience in these roles is frequently mistaken for strength, although it often signifies deep depletion, revealing the pressing need to recognize and address these unseen burdens.
The work can be deeply meaningful and rewarding, but it can also exact a quiet, unseen cost.
Kay and leaders like him pour everything they have into their communities and end up with little but exhaustion, illness, and poverty.
Today's nonprofit leaders too often are expected to absorb every shock, heal every wound alone.
Resilience, she said, is often just another word for depletion.
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