Nonprofit Lowdown #198 - Avoiding NPO Burnout with Dr. Eugene Choi
This episode is FIRE. Join me and my friend Dr. Eugene K Choi to discuss how to manage your mind to avoid burnout, anxiety and panic. Did you know that your brain is only ever in one of two modes: survival or executive? Learn about the characteristics of both and how to regulate yourself to stop freaking out, calming down and being effective.
Want to know more? https://dreugenekchoi.medium.com/
To connect with Dr. Eugene: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekchoi/
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:
Destiny Hacks - https://destinyhacks.co/
Harvard Business Review - https://hbr.org/
Dr. Eugene’s Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-neurohacking-podcast/id1545882602
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QUOTES FROM Dr. Eugene Choi
“The survival state is the state when your brain thinks your life is in danger. It's a mode where you are reacting without thinking.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“Research shows that emotional pain can be just as painful as physical pain. That's how our brain processes it.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“Money is an easy trigger for us to go into a survival state…” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“If you want to be a great leader, the number one you need to do is to understand the concept of true ownership.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“It's the loneliness that's causing the burnout. How lonely you feel directly correlates with how burnt out you get.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“We have to develop the eyes to see what fight-flight-freeze looks like. That actually helps you connect the dots on why we're in this for 70% of our adult life.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“So how do we fight from an emotional survival standpoint? It could be perfectionism, which is to fight to be perfect.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
“The fight itself will lead to burnout. I have seen it time and time again, fighting always leads to burnout, it always leads to lack of fulfillment.” - Dr. Eugene Choi
TIME STAMPS
TOPIC: Talking About the Different States of Your Brain
03:20 - 04:40
TOPIC: Talking About the Significant Source of Burnout
12:14 - 13:20