Mariya Radysh – Find What Brings You Joy and Start Doing It Every Day

Jan 28, 2021

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Mariya Radysh is a keynote speaker, 2x TEDx speaker, and a thought leader on human potential and wellbeing. She has built two businesses and several careers as a lawyer, university lecturer, and interpreter being fluent in 5 languages.

Mariya holds five university degrees in law and economics. She has lived in the USA, Eastern Europe, and for the last 13 years in Australia. Mariya is from a family of medical practitioners. Over the last few years, she has been focusing on researching and offering insights as a ‘citizen scientist’ and thought leader on adaptability.

Throughout most of her life, Mariya herself suffered anxiety and burnout. She changed her life significantly, and her goal is to educate and aid as many people as possible to transform and create for themselves healthier and happier lives.

“It’s not the strongest or the smartest people who survive; it is the most adaptable.”

Mariya Radysh

Worst investment ever

Mariya was a grinder for most of her life. She would rise and grind every day. The grinding started when she was a child. At five, Mariya was going to music school, she was preparing to start regular school, and had just moved countries and had to learn a different language.

At 15, she was preparing to do her first university degree, and by 25, she had three careers, including being an interpreter fluent in five languages. Mariya kept grinding and focusing on her professional growth. She believed that was the most important thing that she was supposed to do.

Suffering from burnout

A couple of years ago, Mariya suffered complete burnout. She felt burnt into ashes, and her entire body was in pain. She had to keep a cup of coffee by her bed and have it first thing in the morning to help her get out of bed every day.

The physical exhaustion started sometime back, but Mariya just kept grinding, dismissed the fatigue, and powered through it. She did not take care of herself because she thought that the best investment was to invest everything into her professional growth.

Lessons learned

Personal development is the best investment you can ever make in life

Personal development, that’s the best investment that you can make if you want to grow professionally. If you’re going to go to the next level, professionally, you need to go to the next level personally first.

Your health is the most precious commodity you will ever have

Contrary to popular belief, time is not the most precious commodity that you have. Your health is the most precious commodity. If you want to be successful in life, if you’re going to feel fulfilled and be happy, the first and most important thing you have to do is take care of your health.

Andrew’s takeaways

Success is not just about grinding hard

You may think that all you need to do to get to the top is grind hard. But, there is more than just hard work involved in success. It is also about relationships, building trust, and sitting down and listening to others.

Your physical and mental health is critical

Make time for physical exercise because your physical and mental health is just as important as the hard work you put into your career or business.

Actionable advice

Depression is tough to get out of. The best thing you can do is to make sure that you prevent yourself from going into depression because it is easier to prevent than dealing with it. As you create your schedules, put things that bring you joy first.

No. 1 goal for the next 12 months

Mariya’s number one goal for the next 12 months is to give value to more people. She plans to have more speaking opportunities, publish more books, run more training, and do more podcast interviews.

Parting words

“Make sure that you’re not only focusing on your professional fulfillment, but also on building proper relationships with people around you. And most importantly, take care of your health both physically and mentally.”