4064: 5 Expert Tips for Avoiding Burnout at Work by Paula Davis-Laack of Live Happy on Burnout Prevention

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🗓️ 27 June 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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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 4064: Paula Davis-Laack explains how burnout develops through chronic stress, exhaustion, cynicism, and feelings of inefficacy, often fueled by perfectionism, mental clutter, and relentless overwork. She shares practical, research-backed strategies to build resilience, manage energy more effectively, reshape work responsibilities, and create a sustainable path to long-term success and well-being. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://livehappy.com/5-expert-tips-for-avoiding-burnout-at-work/ Quotes to ponder: "Burnout is a process of chronic stress and disengagement typically related to work but can impact many areas of your life." "Perfectionists strive for “the best” even when “good enough” will do." "Getting adequate opportunities for recovery during your workday, after work and on the weekend is critical." Episode references: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Take-Helping-Others-Success/dp/0143124986 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.7	This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:26.1	Five expert tips for avoiding burnout at work by Paula Davis-Lock with LiveHapy.com.
0:32.5	And I'm Justin Mollick.
0:34.1	We're going to get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:41.1	Five. We're going to get right to it as we optimize your life. Five expert tips for avoiding burnout at work by Paula Davis Lock with livehappy.com.
0:48.6	Soldier on. Suck it up and drive on. Hang in there. I can't tell you how many times these phrases zipped through
0:55.5	my head as a busy, practicing lawyer. If I was sick, I went to work. If I was exhausted from working
1:02.4	14 days straight, I dug in and did more. If my clients made unreasonable demands, I'd fake a smile,
1:09.8	nod my head, and do whatever it took to make
1:12.2	the deal close smoothly. Those worker growing pains were all part of the process, I told myself.
1:18.6	To prove myself and make partner, I had to go through the ringer. After all, hadn't every lawyer
1:24.0	before me working at a firm done the same thing? I convinced myself it was just a right
1:29.1	of passage. Then seven years into practicing law, I hit a wall, I burned out. I'd been so busy
1:35.9	putting my head down and powering through that I completely ignored the warning signs that I needed
1:40.5	to slow down. Tuning in to burnout. Burnout is a process of chronic stress and
1:46.9	disengagement typically related to work, but can impact many areas of your life. The big three
1:52.7	dimensions of burnout have been defined as chronic exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy.
1:59.2	Burnout doesn't have to be an inevitable consequence of ambition.
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