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Episode 5March 21, 202559 min

How to Avoid Burnout: Choose Your Life, Not Just Your Career

  • Eric Nehrlich, Former Google Chief of Staff, executive coach, author of You Have a Choice site

Eric Nehrlich hit rock bottom after years of 100-hour weeks at Google and rebuilt his career around his values. He talks about the moment he realized he had a choice, the discipline of saying no, and how experimenting with different paths led him to coaching.

In This Episode

  • Hitting rock bottom from overwork, and putting health first
  • Realizing that you have a choice, and the importance of saying no
  • Moving from a high-performance mindset to a values-based approach
  • How to prioritize your time and energy
  • Experimenting with different paths to find your calling
  • Burnout
  • Careers
  • Coaching

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