Personal ecology (l’écologie personnelle) treats each person as a living ecosystem with limits, rhythms, and needs that must be respected for sustainable performance.

Sustainable performance comes from balancing effort and recuperation, not from pushing harder until collapse and then recovering.

“Effort without tension” and “fruitful rest” support clearer thinking, lower stress, and better long-term decision-making, especially for founders.

Multitasking reduces performance and increases fatigue, single-tasking with clear priorities supports better focus and fewer errors.

The Weave’s “founder first, business second” approach, led by Sandrine Singleton-Perrin and Joey Romeu via FounderThrive, supports founder wellbeing through practices like Sophrology (breath, movement, relaxation, and awareness).

Founder wellbeing is basic maintenance, it protects energy, mood, and decision quality during busy periods.

Build a “sleep floor” with three rules, keep a steady wake time, keep your phone out of bed, and set caffeine and alcohol cut-offs.

Use a 15-minute shutdown ritual to close open loops, set tomorrow’s top three, and reduce night-time stress.

Eat for steady energy using a simple plate template (protein, fibre, slow carbs, healthy fats, water) and keep repeatable defaults for hard days.

Do “movement snacks” for 10 minutes on busy days, and treat rest and recovery as part of performance, not a reward.

Decision hoarding is when founders keep approvals and choices close, which turns speed and high standards into a growth bottleneck.

The cost of decision hoarding is predictable, work queues up, founders burn out, teams learn slower, and future leaders do not build judgement.

Better delegation means designing decision rights, guardrails, and information flow, so good decisions happen without founder involvement.

Use a simple delegation map based on impact and frequency, then sort decisions into three buckets, founder-only, team decides with guardrails, and team decides fully.

Hand off decisions with a short decision brief (outcome, boundaries, inputs, deadline) and agree lightweight check-ins, then run a monthly decision audit to remove new bottlenecks.

Work-life balance helps Founders stay effective for longer, protect decision-making, and avoid burnout that harms the business and home life.

Hustle culture (long hours, poor sleep, constant pressure) often reduces real output over time and increases errors, stress, and relationship strain.

Founder burnout can show up as overload (too much responsibility), under-challenged burnout (busy but bored), or neglect burnout (low support and unclear direction).

Practical balance comes from basics you can repeat: scheduled rest, simple routines (walks, journalling, bedtime), breaks away from work, and support (mentor or community).

Sustainable pace builds long-term business results because it protects judgement, consistency, and trust, including with investors.

Founder stress builds fast when decisions, uncertainty, and long hours stack up, isolation increases burnout risk.

Sophrology (breathwork, relaxation, mindfulness, visualisation) helps calm the nervous system, improving focus and emotional control under pressure.

Quick fixes and advice alone often fail if the body stays in fight or flight, body based practices help reset stress responses.

Community support reduces isolation, adds perspective, and helps founders solve problems faster through trusted peer feedback.

A simple routine (5 to 10 minutes daily) plus the right support network can improve steadiness in meetings, team conversations, and high stakes decisions.