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Michael Levitt

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
354 total appearances

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Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

I can do that. And my company's not publicly traded. If somebody wants to take it public, okay, they can talk with me. We'll have that conversation. But I I think ultimately getting past that stigma for executives is the first thing. And in understanding that and acknowledging that, because if they're worried about this getting out, it's not going to get out for me.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

I can do that. And my company's not publicly traded. If somebody wants to take it public, okay, they can talk with me. We'll have that conversation. But I I think ultimately getting past that stigma for executives is the first thing. And in understanding that and acknowledging that, because if they're worried about this getting out, it's not going to get out for me.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

And secondly, it's literally earning their trust. They got to trust me. Our purpose is to get them past burnout, to get them back to their best version of themselves. And one of the biggest reasons why I hate burnout so much is it robs society of great products and services.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

And secondly, it's literally earning their trust. They got to trust me. Our purpose is to get them past burnout, to get them back to their best version of themselves. And one of the biggest reasons why I hate burnout so much is it robs society of great products and services.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

a lot of people say what do you mean by that if people are burned out they're not their best which means they're not making their best stuff they're not doing the best work they're not creating so there's products and services that might exist today that would make our lives easier that unfortunately won't exist because the creators or the people who are thinking about it are burned out and they don't have the energy to carry it forward so we lose as a society when people are burned out

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

a lot of people say what do you mean by that if people are burned out they're not their best which means they're not making their best stuff they're not doing the best work they're not creating so there's products and services that might exist today that would make our lives easier that unfortunately won't exist because the creators or the people who are thinking about it are burned out and they don't have the energy to carry it forward so we lose as a society when people are burned out

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

Once they address the stigma of burnout and address it, get their trust, then we can start doing the work. And the work is simple for me anyway. It's one of the reasons why I got certified in cognitive behavioral therapy and neuro-linguistic programming. Much easier to say CBT and NLP therapy, by the way, because those are some mouthful words.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

Once they address the stigma of burnout and address it, get their trust, then we can start doing the work. And the work is simple for me anyway. It's one of the reasons why I got certified in cognitive behavioral therapy and neuro-linguistic programming. Much easier to say CBT and NLP therapy, by the way, because those are some mouthful words.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

But the reason why I did that was time and time again, I kept running into people having similar issues. And a lot of it was what they were telling themselves, their beliefs, their habits, their thought patterns, their programming that they have instilled in their lives. And it's much like programs on your phone or apps on your phone or on your computer.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

But the reason why I did that was time and time again, I kept running into people having similar issues. And a lot of it was what they were telling themselves, their beliefs, their habits, their thought patterns, their programming that they have instilled in their lives. And it's much like programs on your phone or apps on your phone or on your computer.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

you can uninstall them and you can install better apps and better programs for you to live your life the way you want your life to be and just giving them that initial courage that they can make the adjustments that they need to make in my situation real quick i had to reinvent my life because the way that i was living painfully wasn't the best way to live

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

you can uninstall them and you can install better apps and better programs for you to live your life the way you want your life to be and just giving them that initial courage that they can make the adjustments that they need to make in my situation real quick i had to reinvent my life because the way that i was living painfully wasn't the best way to live

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

But for 99% of the other people out there that are burned out or approaching burnout, you don't need to reinvite your life. Just make a couple adjustments here and there. You'll see humongous dividends when you do so.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

But for 99% of the other people out there that are burned out or approaching burnout, you don't need to reinvite your life. Just make a couple adjustments here and there. You'll see humongous dividends when you do so.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

Yeah, the first one, turning around an organization culture, they had a ton of turnover. In their early days, they were a startup organization, ton of turnover, no trust, no communication. People were stressed, people were leaving, and these weren't young people by any stretch. They were well-educated individuals that were leaving like they were quitting a fast food job as a teenager.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

Yeah, the first one, turning around an organization culture, they had a ton of turnover. In their early days, they were a startup organization, ton of turnover, no trust, no communication. People were stressed, people were leaving, and these weren't young people by any stretch. They were well-educated individuals that were leaving like they were quitting a fast food job as a teenager.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

And I'm like, okay, what's going on here? And it boiled down to communication and trust was a big issue. Expectations, I think, were another. Miscommunication, going back to the communication thing, seems to be a common challenge. And then toss in some ego, and you have yourself a toxic environment. So for me, it was like, okay, let's get to the bottom of this. So

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

And I'm like, okay, what's going on here? And it boiled down to communication and trust was a big issue. Expectations, I think, were another. Miscommunication, going back to the communication thing, seems to be a common challenge. And then toss in some ego, and you have yourself a toxic environment. So for me, it was like, okay, let's get to the bottom of this. So

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

The nice thing about it was how I approached it was, look, I'm your friend here. I want to make this better for you. If you were in my seat, what would you change? What would you do? And once they trusted me and felt comfortable sharing, then they were an open book, and they would share all the things.

Chief Change Officer
#286 Michael Levitt: Ditch the Phone, Reclaim Your Sanity

The nice thing about it was how I approached it was, look, I'm your friend here. I want to make this better for you. If you were in my seat, what would you change? What would you do? And once they trusted me and felt comfortable sharing, then they were an open book, and they would share all the things.