You just answered your own question. Time to go become an interesting person.<p>First of all, you have burnout. You need to heal, and it&#x27;ll take time. I know. I have been there and back again. Aim to spend at least 6 months not working in your field. A lot of people will say travel. Could be, but doesn&#x27;t have to be.<p>Now, an anecdote. I was working in non-profit fundraising and attended a talk by one of the celebrated thinkers on major donor fundraising. She said the key to working with major donors, to being able to create meaningful, non-parasitic relationships with people who have a lot of money to bring to the cause, is to be interesting. Interesting people are interesting because they have a full life of experiences outside their profession. Interesting people do not spend all their time working. So her answer to becoming a better fundraising professional, was to work less, and live more. This struck me as widely applicable advice.