Return on Energy: Rethinking ROI in the Age of Burnout w/ John R. Miles | EP 618
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May 30, 2025
Explore the concept of 'Return on Energy' and why it's a crucial metric for modern leadership. Discover the four biggest energy leaks that drain your mental resources, from over-identifying with your work to taking on too much responsibility. Uncover how high-functioning depression can hide burnout in top performers. Gain practical tools to restore emotional margin and learn about five essential 'energy investments' to enhance focus and clarity. This discussion encourages intentional living amidst societal productivity pressures.
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Mental Energy Is Key Resource
Mental energy is the most valuable resource beyond time and willpower.
Mismanaging it leads to burnout in high achievers who still perform visibly well.
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Joseph Wynn's Hidden Burnout
Joseph Wynn appeared successful but felt numb internally.
His energy was drained from a mental war trying to fix himself, not workload.
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Host's Burnout Realization
John R. Miles faced a 'visionary arsonist moment' realizing his success drained his energy.
Betraying parts of himself for outcomes cost him focus, clarity, and creativity.
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Why Your Thinking Is the Beginning & End of Suffering
Joseph Nguyen
This book by Joseph Nguyen explores the root cause of all psychological and emotional suffering and offers a new paradigm for understanding the human experience. It provides tools and insights to help readers become unaffected by negative thoughts and feelings, experience unconditional love and joy, and break free from self-destructive habits. The book emphasizes that suffering is optional and that an expansion of consciousness is necessary to solve problems that cannot be addressed with the same level of consciousness that created them. It includes new chapters, journaling prompts, and contemplative exercises in the expanded edition.
In episode 618 of Passion Struck, host John R. Miles delivers a powerful solo reflection that caps off Mental Health Awareness Month with one essential question:
"What’s the real Return on your Energy?"
Drawing on recent interviews with Dr. Judith Joseph and Dr. Andrew Brodsky, as well as past solo episodes that introduced frameworks like H.O.M.E. and L.E.N.S., this episode unpacks how high-achievers—especially leaders—often burn out not from doing too little, but from mismanaging their most finite resource: mental energy.
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