Hi, this is Elisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice

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Welcome back to Leave Your Mark, and this week I am heading into a topic near and dear to my

heart. I am someone who is a very high performer. I would say for the most part, I have an always on mentality that stems

from my years in public relations where you kind of had to always be on, especially when you're

working with celebrities in Los Angeles and different markets around the world. So that's my

upbringing. And I get that that has a lot to do with my outlook on

this. But the topic today is really about mental health in a high performance workplace.

So my perspective is you should want to be a high performer. You should want to be in a high performance

workplace. It is what is going to grow you and challenge you and make you stronger. But at the

same time, we have to know how to protect ourselves from going really hard all day. And especially

if you have a very stressful job to begin with.

You've probably seen stories like Simone Bile stepping back from Olympics to prioritize for mental health

or tech leaders openly discussing burnout.

Even on Wall Street, they have started talking about wellness programs and work-life balance,

although we all know that they still demand high performance.

But let's be real, despite this attention, many of us are still navigating workplaces where

long hours, tight deadlines, and the constant pressure to outperform can take serious toll on our mental health.

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