David Ko

Because what I find is if I work in a manner and I find myself falling below 50%, 25% of my battery, and I just keep trying to power through, my work gets, it's not very good.

Because what I find is if I work in a manner and I find myself falling below 50%, 25% of my battery, and I just keep trying to power through, my work gets, it's not very good.

It's embarrassingly bad, I would say at times. And no amount of AI is going to make it better. Yeah. You know, it's just not. Yeah. And so I then have to kind of take a step back And be like, okay, you're trending in the wrong direction. Take a beat. And I talk about this at a company and with many other companies that are out there today.

It's embarrassingly bad, I would say at times. And no amount of AI is going to make it better. Yeah. You know, it's just not. Yeah. And so I then have to kind of take a step back And be like, okay, you're trending in the wrong direction. Take a beat. And I talk about this at a company and with many other companies that are out there today.

And I know so many employees I talk to resonate around this.

And I know so many employees I talk to resonate around this.

Right? Because they just feel it's an endless hamster wheel.

Right? Because they just feel it's an endless hamster wheel.

Right?

Right?

Short with people, right?

Short with people, right?

Why is that? Yeah. When I was younger, and I didn't understand this when I was 14 years old, and I think it was much younger. I wrote about in the book that I was 14. I actually think it happened when I was younger. I just don't recollect those times. When I got really stressed or nervous, and most of the time they're around like tests or speaking stuff or in front of the class. Of course.

Why is that? Yeah. When I was younger, and I didn't understand this when I was 14 years old, and I think it was much younger. I wrote about in the book that I was 14. I actually think it happened when I was younger. I just don't recollect those times. When I got really stressed or nervous, and most of the time they're around like tests or speaking stuff or in front of the class. Of course.

I just started to get a tightness in my chest. I would get shortness of breath at times. I would sweat in my hands. And I didn't really understand what was happening. And I talked to my mom, you know, and like a very traditional Korean mother, she would be like, just power through it. And I'm like, okay, I'm just going to power through it, right? But she didn't know either what was happening.

I just started to get a tightness in my chest. I would get shortness of breath at times. I would sweat in my hands. And I didn't really understand what was happening. And I talked to my mom, you know, and like a very traditional Korean mother, she would be like, just power through it. And I'm like, okay, I'm just going to power through it, right? But she didn't know either what was happening.

And I don't blame her around that. She just didn't understand in the moment. The reality is when you think about your mental health, it's not about just do. And it's not about powering through the moment. For me, it's about powering up. And that's where the battery analogy keeps coming back in. And I didn't understand some of that. And then I didn't have the vocabulary.

And I don't blame her around that. She just didn't understand in the moment. The reality is when you think about your mental health, it's not about just do. And it's not about powering through the moment. For me, it's about powering up. And that's where the battery analogy keeps coming back in. And I didn't understand some of that. And then I didn't have the vocabulary.

It wasn't really until I started getting into healthcare that I started to understand, oh, wow, this is what you were going through. You've been able to kind of manage it through some unhealthy behaviors at times, and now you are doing it through healthy behaviors. but the vocabulary has changed, right? And you have a better command of that vocabulary.

It wasn't really until I started getting into healthcare that I started to understand, oh, wow, this is what you were going through. You've been able to kind of manage it through some unhealthy behaviors at times, and now you are doing it through healthy behaviors. but the vocabulary has changed, right? And you have a better command of that vocabulary.