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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