4059: 5 Signs You’ve Been Doing Too Much for Too Long by Marc Chernoff of Marc And Angel on Burnout Prevention

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🗓️ 22 June 2026

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 4059: Marc Chernoff explores how constant busyness, overcommitment, and the pressure to do everything can quietly drain your energy and pull you away from what matters most. By embracing simplicity, sustainable habits, and clearer priorities, you'll discover how doing less can lead to greater fulfillment, focus, and peace of mind. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.marcandangel.com/2019/11/12/5-signs-youve-been-doing-too-much-for-too-long/ Quotes to ponder: "Busyness is an illness." "You’re either going to do a few things well, or do everything poorly." "Our excessive possessions (and obligations) are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don’t matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter." Episode references: 1,000 Little Things Happy, Successful People Do Differently: https://www.amazon.com/1000-Little-Things-Happy-Successful/dp/059332773X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.7	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily. Five signs you've been doing too much for too long
0:30.0	by Mark Shernoff of Mark and Angel.com. And I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick, reading you the best
0:35.3	articles every day of the year covering happiness, productivity, mindfulness, minimalism, and more. So with that, let's get
0:42.8	right to it as we optimize your life.
0:49.2	Five Signs You've Been Doing Too Much for Too Long by Mark Shernoff of Mark andangel.com.
0:56.7	Business is an illness. Think about your own life and the lives of those close to you. Most of us
1:03.0	have a tendency to do as much as we possibly can, cramming every waking minute with events,
1:08.7	extravagances, tasks, and obligations. We think doing more will get us
1:13.3	more satisfaction, success, etc., when oftentimes the exact opposite is true. Less can be far more
1:21.5	rewarding in the long run, but we're so set in our ways that we can't see this. And so when we work, we shift from one task to the next
1:30.2	quickly and continuously, or we multitask juggling five things at once until the end of the day.
1:36.2	Yet we still feel like we haven't done enough of the right stuff. When we finally break away for some
1:41.2	healthy exercise, we tend to push ourselves as hard as we possibly can
1:44.5	until we're exhausted and sore and less likely to want to exercise tomorrow. When we go to a nice
1:50.3	restaurant, we want to try all the appetizers, drinks, and entrees, indulging in as much deliciousness
1:56.2	as we possibly can, and we leave feeling bloated, sometimes uncomfortably so, and then our waistlines stretch.
2:03.3	When we travel to a new city, we want to see it all, every landmark and every photo op,
2:08.5	so we do as much as physically possible, and we return home from our trip utterly exhausted.
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