# @nicksantonastasso on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXNqwCZBx2z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64219113-nicksantonastasso-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-17T01:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Santonastasso (@nicksantonastasso) — https://gondola.cc/nicksantonastasso

## Caption

The Sprinter Tax:

You launch fast. Go hard. First week, you’re a machine.

Then you crash. Energy disappears. Motivation evaporates. You stop. Reset. Restart Monday.

The cycle repeats.

Here’s what nobody tells you: the sprinting isn’t ambition. It’s armour.

If you’re always moving, you never have to sit with the feeling that you might not be enough.

Adler called this overcompensation. You’re not building. You’re running.

The tax is brutal: failed launches. Burned relationships. A reputation for starting but never finishing.

The fix isn’t more discipline. It’s understanding why you need to sprint in the first place.

That’s the wound. And until you address it, the pattern doesn’t change.

Follow for the fix.

#selftrust #execution #entrepreneur #burnout #leadership

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## Tags

leadership, burnout, entrepreneur, selftrust, execution

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