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We Have Misdiagnosed a Generation of Exhausted Leaders | Andrew May on DLTOMI
from Performance Intelligence · host Andrew May
You're probably treating recovery as the reward for hard work, when elite sport treats it as part of the work.Andrew May has spent more than two decades coaching in sport and business, and Andrew thinks we have misdiagnosed a generation of exhausted leaders. Call it burnout and you go looking for rest. Andrew says the shortfall is usually capacity, and the first move is measuring it rather than resting on it.Pod O'Sullivan had Andrew on Don't Let The Old Man In podcast and asked him the things he does not get asked on his own show. It was too good to leave over there, so we are bringing it to you here.00:00 The plan you don't have01:11 Burnout is not what you think it is04:25 Vitamin FLPJ: fun, laughter, play, joy06:52 The CEO who has never burnt out09:45 Train hard, push hard, recover hard12:25 What executive blood profiles show16:17 Your father, your son, and you18:45 The waterfront house and the crash23:47 The five metrics worth tracking30:17 You'd spend a year planning a renovation38:55 Wearables: who they help, who they wreck44:38 Why sauna beats cold50:21 The toast that explains burnout54:05 Three things to start this week01:00:25 What your 75 year old self would ask01:01:24 I've burnt out almost twiceListen to the original episode: https://pod.fo/e/5543c9Watch the original episode: https://www.youtube.com/@DontLetTheOldManInPodcast/videosFollow Pod on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/padraigbosullivan/Follow DLTOMN: https://www.instagram.com/dltomipodcast/
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