239. How Productivity Culture Burns You Out: ...

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When the world feels financially chaotic, it’s easy to slip into survival mode and feel like money is the only thing standing between you and safety. To explore why this happens and how to create a steadier sense of financial safety, I’m joined by New York Times bestselling autho ...  Show more

“When we block or suppress or push aside emotions, we actually stop ourselves from being our most effective, successful beings.”Susan David PhD The way we navigate our inner world – our everyday thoughts, emotions, and self-stories – is the single most important determinant of ou ...  Show more

Guest: Susan David, Ph.D. is a Psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School; resilience expert, co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, and author of Emotional Agility.Story: Growing up in South Africa ...  Show more

The last several years have seen the rise of a sort of anti-productivity movement. Knowledge workers who feel burned out and that work is pointless, meaningless, and grinding, have been talking more about opting out, “quiet quitting,” and doing nothing.

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Dr. Susan David is one of the world’s leading management thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist. She has spent the past two decades studying how the way we navigate our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, hea ...