How The Top 1% Work Nonstop Without Ever Burning Out | Ep 19
Mar 27, 2024
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Rían Doris from Flow Research Collective discusses preventing burnout through neuroscience-based protocols, sustainable effort, and intense physical stressors. Explore burnout triggers, root causes, and practical strategies to combat burnout effectively.
Recognize burnout as a medical disorder with distinct symptoms like exhaustion and low self-efficacy.
Employ neuroscience-based strategies like intrinsic motivation and sustainable effort levels to prevent burnout.
Deep dives
Understanding Burnout: The Mislabeled Phenomenon
Burnout, a prevalent issue affecting individuals' performance, is often misunderstood. It is not merely fatigue but a recognized medical disorder with distinct characteristics: exhaustion, cynicism, and low self-efficacy. Unlike the state of flow, where individuals are fully engaged and productive, burnout leads to feelings of futility and cognitive dysfunction, altering neural circuitry in the brain. Recognizing the root cause of burnout is crucial for preventing and reversing its effects, underscoring the importance of addressing exhaustion, criticism, and self-efficacy to combat burnout.
Preventing Burnout: Strategies for Success
To mitigate burnout, individuals can employ specific neuroscience-based strategies. It is essential to engage in tasks that provide intrinsic motivation, align with strengths, and offer a sense of reward. Avoiding excessive workload and maintaining sustainable effort levels prevents crossing the 'Allostatic Load Limit,' which leads to burnout. Additionally, strategically leaning into challenges and focusing on achieving results can help buffer against burnout, fostering momentum and preventing exhaustion.
Combatting Burnout Triggers: A Targeted Approach
Adopting a targeted approach to address burnout triggers is crucial for long-term well-being. By identifying and diffusing triggers such as lack of control, values conflict, and unfairness, individuals can proactively prevent burnout. Engaging in active recovery, utilizing hermetic stressors, and incorporating physiological interventions like cold exposure and exercise can effectively combat burnout, enhancing resilience and overall productivity.
Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flow Research Collective, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently.
Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Airforce. Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rian's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosts Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast.
Rían is also the Executive Chairman & Owner of Consulting.com. On the side, Rian does some angel investing in health and performance companies like Levels Health, Neurohacker Collective, The Way & Myodetox. Rían holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA.
Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham—focusing on how flow states affect perceived meaning in life. Prior to co-founding Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, Rian worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
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