The Burnout Cycle

The Art of Accomplishment

Brett Kistler

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Personal Development, Mental Health, Business, Management

4.9 • 272 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a relentless cycle of burnout? You’re not alone. In this episode, Joe and Brett dive into the nuances of cyclical burnout — the dependence on adrenaline, the self-perpetuating sense of urgency, the inevitable fiery crash. Learn to feel the difference between stressed idleness and deep rest, exploring the interplay between fear, joy, and excitement. Explore alternative ways of working that may be more energizing than relying on adrenaline, and see how gratitude can open up a powerful escape hatch from the burnout cycle.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Art of Accomplishment, where we explore how deepening connection with ourselves and others leads to creating the life we want with enjoyment and ease.
0:10.0	I am Brett Kistler and this is Joe Hudson.
0:13.0	Hi everybody.
0:15.0	We've been getting a lot of questions about burnout.
0:18.0	And given that I just got back from a long festival weekend with
0:22.6	no sleep and 120 degree daytime temperatures, and you're in your final week before your
0:28.1	month-long time off to rest and recover, I figured this might be a perfect time for both of us
0:36.0	to go into this.
0:38.5	Yeah, absolutely.
0:39.9	Absolutely.
0:41.0	This is definitely the time of year where I am most likely to be a little burnt out, a little tired.
0:47.6	Yeah, it's great, great timing.
0:49.9	Yeah.
0:51.0	Okay, so.
0:55.9	Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.
0:58.2	So from this grounded, centered place that you must be in 100% of the time, tell me what is, what is it that you refer to when you talk about the burnout cycle, just so I can get people
1:11.0	on the same page?
1:12.0	Yeah.
1:13.0	So I would think about it in three different ways.
1:16.1	So let's talk about the nervous system way first.
1:19.3	So I remember when I was running my first company and I went to an acupuncturist.
1:23.9	I lived in a place and this one was like, go see this acupuncturist.
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