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Moving over to NetSuite has transformed businesses by bringing accounting, financial management, inventory, and HR into one platform, reducing IT costs and manual tasks. It improves efficiency and focus on key aspects of business operations.
Stress is often seen as a badge of honor, indicating importance and need. However, stress, if left unchecked, can lead to burnout, anxiety, and panic attacks. Understanding the language of stress in its mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual modalities can help individuals manage and reduce its impact.
Anticipating stress enables individuals to prevent burnout by limiting the number and intensity of stressors they face. Trauma and noise, small stressors triggered by daily nuisances or obsessions, contribute to the breaking point of stress. Addressing and learning from stressors can enhance mental resilience and well-being.
Increasing personal resources and skills aids in stress management, allowing individuals to effectively navigate challenges. Techniques such as writing down nighttime thoughts, creating support networks, and questioning thoughts can assist in handling stress. Recognizing emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual stress languages can empower individuals to respond effectively to stressors.
Listening to your intuition and understanding physical signals from your body can provide valuable insights. By paying attention to stress cues and learning to interpret physical symptoms such as headaches or digestive issues, individuals can recognize when their stress levels are too high. Recognizing these signs early can help prevent burnout and promote overall well-being.
Acknowledging the danger of overworking and the addiction to stress leads to understanding the importance of setting boundaries. By limiting commitments and understanding personal limitations, individuals can prevent burnout and achieve a healthier work-life balance. It's crucial to question the need for constant productivity and reassess priorities to prioritize well-being.
The advancement of technology and AI presents opportunities and challenges in society. The potential for AI to mimic human voices and interactions raises ethical concerns and questions about the impact of automation on jobs and daily life. Balancing the benefits of technology with ethical considerations is crucial in navigating the increasing role of AI in various sectors.
Transitioning from a mindset of scarcity to abundance requires reevaluating societal values and challenging traditional beliefs. Embracing abundance involves questioning the drive for constant growth and redefining success beyond material wealth. By focusing on purpose-driven initiatives and promoting well-being over excess, individuals and societies can strive for a more balanced and sustainable future.
Redefining success and well-being is emphasized in the podcast, highlighting the misconception of pursuing extreme wealth as the ultimate goal. The negative impact of stress and overload experienced by individuals, including billionaires, is discussed. The narrative shifts towards prioritizing personal well-being over relentless pursuit of wealth and success, resonating with shared experiences of feeling overwhelmed and overburdened.
The discussion delves into strategies for managing stress by introspecting and taking accountability for one's well-being. Emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and internal work to reduce stress levels. Examples are shared where the way individuals deal with challenges and uncertainties contribute to their stress levels. The concept of anticipation of stress is explored, highlighting the need to address fears and uncertainties.
The significance of love, relationships, and personal growth in stress management is highlighted. Insights into forming meaningful connections, addressing relationship scripts, and fostering personal development are discussed. The podcast delves into the dynamics of romantic relationships, emphasizing the role of self-improvement and partnership in finding fulfilling connections. The conversation extends to prioritizing human connections and spirituality as essential aspects of stress reduction.
Life is getting faster and more hectic than ever before, but is there way to become unstressable?
Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer for Google X, the founder of ‘One Billion Happy’ foundation, and co-founder of ‘Unstressable’. He is the bestselling author of books such as, ‘Solve for Happy’, ‘Scary Smart’, and ‘That Little Voice in Your Head’.
In this conversation Mo and Steven discuss topics such as, why this is the most stressful time for any generation, how most people won’t recognise the world in 5 years time, and how stress is the new pandemic.
00:00 Intro
02:01 Mo How Are You Doing?
07:08 Mo's New Book & The State Of The World
12:31 The Speed Of The World
17:14 Stress Is The New Addiction
26:41 Will I Lose Productivity Without Stress?
31:06 What is TONN? The Origin Of Stress
36:07 Upsetting People With Change & Choosing To Put Ourselves First
43:31 What Is Loss Aversion?
50:43 The Noise Of Stress
01:01:38 How Do We Spot Our Own Stress?
01:04:49 Are We Really Too Busy?
01:08:23 What Is Steve's BS?
01:12:18 Setting Limits & Prioritising The Important Stuff
01:18:20 How Our Childhood Impact In Our Bias To Workaholism
01:22:22 Loss And How Long We Have Left
01:29:02 Passport Control Detention
01:29:49 How Do We Undo Stress
01:44:02 Work / Life Balance
01:44:52 The Impact Of AI
02:02:04 Being Successful And Balanced
02:16:20 Love & Relationship Advice
02:26:17 Why Some People Don't Find A Partner
02:34:22 Becoming Unstressable
02:40:15 Mo's Family Heartache
02:44:53 What Would You Tell The First People You Loved
You can purchase Mo’s newest book, ‘Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living’, available on 9th May 2024, here: https://amzn.to/3w6xG8h
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