I’ve spent a lot of time talking about various ways to keep your employees motivated and engaged. But entrepreneurs lose energy, motivation, and drive, too. I’ve flirted with burn-out more than once, and it’s a bad place to be.

You know that everyone’s depending on you. You know that there are 1,000 things that really need to happen.

You also know that your brain feels like it’s pressing painfully against the back of your eyes, that your mind is moving sluggishly,...