#198 - Burnout vs. Misalignment: Leadership Lessons from Coach Rizwani

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Coach Rizwani spent a couple of decades in corporate leadership, including time at a Fortune 50 company, before burnout pushed him to leave. A second burnout, years later in a business he helped build, pushed him to rebuild his work around purpose. He is now the founder of Sahara Supplements, which he describes as the first halal-certified sports nutrition company in North America, and he coaches leaders on health and wellness.

In this conversation with Ryan Watts, he explains how he told the difference between a hard stretch and a real misalignment, and why six months of new morning and evening routines did not fix it.

You will hear:

  • Why "keep pushing through the wall" stopped making sense once he had kids
  • What he told himself the week before he knew he had to leave
  • How he defines discipline: what you say no to
  • Why environment, including the people around you, decides whether consistency holds
  • How he built a bootstrapped, self-funded company that avoids debt and interest
  • Why he chose to manufacture in Canada and stack third-party testing and certifications
  • How his definition of success moved from net worth to impact
  • Which international market he enjoyed most, and why

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Listener offer: Coach Rizwani is offering listeners 10% off the entire Sahara Supplements store.

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