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Negotiate Anything

You’re Not Unmotivated — You’re Burned Out (Here’s the Fix) | Guy Winch

Negotiate Anything

American Negotiation Institute

Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Burnout isn’t you being “unmotivated.” It’s your brain and body stuck in survival mode — and most people try to fix it with advice that doesn’t actually work. In this episode, clinical psychologist Guy Winch breaks down what burnout really is, why “just take a break” often fails, and the simple resets that help you get your energy, focus, and patience back. Here’s what you’ll learn: Why modern work stress keeps creeping into your life The stress “sweet spot” (and what happens when you go past it) Why doom-scrolling feels like rest… but drains you more How to take breaks that restore you instead of numbing you Negotiate Anything: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code ANYTHING at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: ⁠⁠https://incogni.com/anything⁠⁠ incogni.com ⁠⁠Personal Information Removal Service | Incogni | Incogni⁠⁠ Data brokers are collecting, aggregating and trading your personal data without you knowing anything about it. We make them remove it. Connect with Guy Winch Buy Now Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life by Guy Wich www.guywinch.com Contact ANI ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠negotiateanything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!

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0:00.0

Today's episode of Negotiate Anything is sponsored in part by Shopify, Bravo, Cozy Earth, and Incogni.

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20% off and you'll get a post-purch survey. Make sure you mention you heard about it here.

0:52.8

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data back by removing it from places online where it shouldn't be, helping to reduce your

1:00.4

exposure to scams and identity theft. Use code anything for 60% off of an annual plan at

1:07.3

incogni.com slash anything. As always, you can find all of these deals in the show notes.

1:13.6

Tell me if this sounds familiar. You get home exhausted and then what you call rest is really

1:19.1

doom scrolling for an hour and then binging Netflix for the other three. You wake up tired

1:24.3

and you call it a motivation problem, but it's not. It's burnout training.

1:29.7

If you keep doing this, you'll shrink into a two-dimensional work machine, less patient at home,

1:35.6

more reactive at work, and weaker in negotiations because your emotional control is already

1:41.3

spent before the conversation even begins. In this episode, you'll get three

1:45.9

resets that actually work. How to stop your workday from expanding and taking over your life,

1:51.8

how to take breaks that actually restore focus instead of draining it, and how to build guardrails

1:57.4

so your default choices don't sabotage you. Dr. Guy Wynch is a clinical psychologist,

2:03.9

bestselling author of Emotional First Aid, and his new book, Mind Over Grind, is a manual

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