Your Iconic Image : How to Combat Burnout
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Manuel Astruc is an experienced psychiatrist.
His own struggles with burnout, addiction and depression inspired him to start Your Next Act, his coaching program for high performing entrepreneurs.
Manuel takes what he\\u2019s learned working in the field, his work as an entrepreneur and his own life experiences and brings it to entrepreneurs to help them with \\u201cthe other side of success.\\u201d\\xa0The outside world sees one side of a successful entrepreneur, but there is another side to success. From stressed out to burnt out to numbed out, high-achievers pay a price for their success that they keep to themselves.\\xa0
Dr. Astruc helps others recognize how focusing on their mental fitness translates into greater success, both in life and in business.
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There are 3 components to burnout.\\xa0One is the sense of emotional exhaustion.\\xa0Second is the cynicism that starts to seep into your life\\u2026and third is a feeling like you\\u2019re no longer effective at what you do.
The factors that contribute are\\u2026not feeling like you have much autonomy of efficacy, demands that exceed your abilities to produce, and life becomes a bit of a treadmill.\\xa0One day looks just like the next\\u2026.
The mental exhaustion is certainly is a fatigue component.
Burnout is not\\u2026a medical condition that needs to be treated with medication, but left unchecked, you can certainly move into depression.
Whenever we studied the disease, we all had the disease because everything is a continuum.\\xa0With burnout, the leading edge indicators are smaller components\\u2026no longer feeling satisfied with work, starting to get tired and no longer looking forward to going into work\\u2026
Not doing work where we have a sense of purpose (is a big component of it) or that are aligned with our interests. \\xa0
One of the things I talk about in Your Next Act is life by design.\\xa0Most of us follow life by default.\\xa0
We get on this treadmill of expectation that when we get to wherever we are supposed to get, now we are there and there\\u2019s something good that\\u2019s supposed to happen.\\xa0
\\u2026.on the weekends that same person is the captain of the company\\u2019s baseball team and that person really loves baseball.\\xa0That little bit of satisfaction that really is purposeful for them and meaningful to them can mitigate the 4 hours a week that are a bit of a grind. \\xa0
By intentionally being able to look for and add parts of our life that we find rewarding\\u2026and it can be just 10% of your day\\u2026you can do a lot to move the needle with burnout.
I was burnt out for a long time\\u2026It was right after my twin sister passed away from a brain tumor\\u2026 I said something\\u2019s gotta change.\\xa0I immediately started to make change with things I could control.\\xa0I focused on one meal a day that I could eat better\\u2026I exercised 5 minutes a day\\u2026I turned off the news\\u2026I put on podcasts\\u2026I involved myself in thinking about a bigger future for myself. \\xa0
The idea of how to be happy\\u2026is not something that we\\u2019re taught.\\xa0I\\u2019ve come up with a way\\u2026and teach folks how to do that. \\xa0
The first part of happiness is starting to ramp up your energy.\\xa0Move more.\\xa0Eat better.\\xa0Focus on your sleep.\\xa0Gratitude practice. \\xa0
4 Pillars:\\xa0
- We are never finished products.\\xa0Learning and growing is part of what keeps us alive and engaged. \\xa0
- Connect.\\xa0Our human relationships, our community, our tribe is so important.
- Blazing your own trail.\\xa0\\u2026we want to make sure we are intentionally\\u2026following our curiosity, figuring out what we\\u2019re good at, our purpose.\\xa0It can be daunting but it can also be really simple\\u2026.give yourself the grace of time to figure it out.
- The commitment to enjoying the ride no matter what. \\u2026from Victor Frankel Man\\u2019s Search for Meaning, we always have the ability to choose our attitude no matter what the circumstances. \\xa0
What I have found is the more focused I become on \\u2018it\\u2019s up to me to create the environment that sustains me and that let\\u2019s me enjoy the ride, the less tolerance I have for toxicity.\\xa0
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Finding connection, finding the community and the tribe that sustain us and that are like minded is really important.\\xa0
I\\u2019ve got a group of people that say they\\u2019ve been in training for the shutdown their entire lives\\u2026
I\\u2019ve got some people who are really suffering\\u2026
The language shapes so much of the meaning and the story in our head. \\xa0
There was a really big discussion around that term social distancing and that we are really talking about it wrong.\\xa0We should be saying physical distancing. \\xa0
The language that we use is going to shape the experience.\\xa0
If we don\\u2019t address burnout\\u2026you get sick.\\xa0At the very best, you\\u2019re miserable\\u2026in the long run people get depressed, people suffer, people are lonely and\\u2026ultimately the impact on our physical health and mental health is huge.
We look for that 10% often that\\u2019s something that comes in with a neon sign\\u2026.but there are so many things that are awe inspiring\\u2026that can just bring delight to us. \\xa0
Driving into work, the sun, the clouds, things turning green\\u2026these are things that are everyday sources of joy and inspiration that when I\\u2019m looking for them, is much easier to find.
3 things in the morning that you\\u2019re grateful for.\\xa0Write them out.\\xa0Hold yourself accountable in some shape or form.
Don\\u2019t break the chain. \\xa0
When you\\u2019re writing down\\u2026you\\u2019re going to look for things every day that you\\u2019re grateful for. \\xa0
It\\u2019s not always this big neon sign of enjoyment we get.\\xa0It\\u2019s in the little things every day that are around for us.
It\\u2019s part of the distinction between a case of burn out and a case of something that\\u2019s more of an illness like depression\\u2026it\\u2019s the proper prescription for the proper condition that we\\u2019re looking at.
It can be helpful to have somebody to talk to about those things. \\xa0
Sometimes it\\u2019s someone holding on to something that they really need to let go of.\\xa0Sometimes it\\u2019s one little piece of information, one little nuance in terms of a mindset that can be helpful. \\xa0
A trick that I\\u2019ll use is\\u2026going from being \\u2018trapped\\u2019\\u2026just imagine that you\\u2019re not trapped\\u2026.allowing yourself to really play with that and see how that\\u2019s true for you can really be helpful while you\\u2019re trying to figure things out.
When was the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago.\\xa030 years ago.\\xa0The second best time is today. \\xa0
Regrets can be clues\\u2026
To avoid it, focus on that energy on ramp\\u2026those are the big pieces.\\xa0You\\u2019re taking your power back and designing your life around those pieces.\\xa0
Change is possible\\u2026you don\\u2019t have to figure this out by yourself. \\xa0
Stress is so common\\u2026remember what stress is\\u2026it\\u2019s a physiological reaction that all animals have when they\\u2019re put into dangerous situations.\\xa0The body\\u2019s reaction is preprogrammed\\u2026to deal with life threatening situations.\\xa0Today we get stressed out\\u2026my boss calls,\\u2026taxes are due..one of the things that can just be tremendously helpful is to get a little bit more granular with what the feeling actually is\\u2026.I\\u2019m scared, I\\u2019m angry, I\\u2019m worried\\u2026then don\\u2019t make yourself \\u201cI am\\u201d stressed.\\xa0Identify \\u201cI feel\\u201d stressed\\u2026.a little emotional distance is super helpful.\\xa0
David Evans and Bill Barnett Be curious, talk to people try stuff, tell your story.
I want to see things that are really old\\u2026and be inspired by that.
A book and my iPhone where I listen to my podcasts.
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