Mo Gawdat

which is actually really interesting to understand. So your commute acts as one of those little stressors. If you do it three times a day, it's more stressful than if you do it once a day. If you do it for an hour and a half, it's more stressful than if you do it for 15 minutes and so on. But here's the interesting thing.

When it comes to burnout, most of those events don't count as worthy of your attention to remove them. Because yeah, you know what? That alarm that wakes me up in the morning that, Sounds like a siren. It's not a big deal. I need to wake up. But then you add that alarm to that comment on your Instagram post that you see first thing in the morning to that comment from Donald Trump that shocks you.

When it comes to burnout, most of those events don't count as worthy of your attention to remove them. Because yeah, you know what? That alarm that wakes me up in the morning that, Sounds like a siren. It's not a big deal. I need to wake up. But then you add that alarm to that comment on your Instagram post that you see first thing in the morning to that comment from Donald Trump that shocks you.

You keep adding them. And probably before you even leave your bedroom, you've had 15 jolts of stress. And then you get into your commute and now you're stressed already. And, you know, and it just keeps adding up. One of your colleagues walks in and goes like, do you still have that report? And you blink. You burst. Load in their face.

You keep adding them. And probably before you even leave your bedroom, you've had 15 jolts of stress. And then you get into your commute and now you're stressed already. And, you know, and it just keeps adding up. One of your colleagues walks in and goes like, do you still have that report? And you blink. You burst. Load in their face.

And you basically, for those who experienced burnout, it's actually quite interesting because the minute it bursts, you can't get out of bed. for a long time. And so the prevention of burnout is not a question of preventing your colleague from saying, where is the report? That's not the issue at all. One of the strategies is a strategy of limiting stressors.

And you basically, for those who experienced burnout, it's actually quite interesting because the minute it bursts, you can't get out of bed. for a long time. And so the prevention of burnout is not a question of preventing your colleague from saying, where is the report? That's not the issue at all. One of the strategies is a strategy of limiting stressors.

And basically one of the exercises I tell people in Unstressable is you need to sit down every single Saturday and write down everything that stressed you the week before. And then literally look at them and scratch out the ones that you're not going to allow in your life again. And the way you deal with it is very straightforward.

And basically one of the exercises I tell people in Unstressable is you need to sit down every single Saturday and write down everything that stressed you the week before. And then literally look at them and scratch out the ones that you're not going to allow in your life again. And the way you deal with it is very straightforward.

You can either avoid it altogether, that annoying friend that calls you every two weeks and then sits down and makes your life hell and talks negative shit and tells you bad things about yourself, you know, and then leaves. You can either say, I'm never going to go out with them again, or you can send them a text message that says, hey, did you notice that it's always so negative when we meet?

You can either avoid it altogether, that annoying friend that calls you every two weeks and then sits down and makes your life hell and talks negative shit and tells you bad things about yourself, you know, and then leaves. You can either say, I'm never going to go out with them again, or you can send them a text message that says, hey, did you notice that it's always so negative when we meet?

I love you very much. Can we please not be that negative? That goes all the way to little things like your alarm clock in the morning. So instead of having an alarm clock in the morning that jolts you out of bed, just get a nice little meditation music that ramps up over time. Or by the way, sleep eight hours early so you don't need your alarm.

I love you very much. Can we please not be that negative? That goes all the way to little things like your alarm clock in the morning. So instead of having an alarm clock in the morning that jolts you out of bed, just get a nice little meditation music that ramps up over time. Or by the way, sleep eight hours early so you don't need your alarm.

So these are things that you can completely remove from your life. The interesting side is your commute. You can't take your commute away, but you can make it nicer.

So these are things that you can completely remove from your life. The interesting side is your commute. You can't take your commute away, but you can make it nicer.

Yeah, you can listen to a nice podcast. You can, you know, have a good cup of coffee with you. I remember vividly when I worked for a short few weeks, there was an important project in Google New York. And you know how New York City is, huh? You know, Manhattan, you have those blocks and you have to walk through them. And I'm a Middle Eastern, I walk slow.

Yeah, you can listen to a nice podcast. You can, you know, have a good cup of coffee with you. I remember vividly when I worked for a short few weeks, there was an important project in Google New York. And you know how New York City is, huh? You know, Manhattan, you have those blocks and you have to walk through them. And I'm a Middle Eastern, I walk slow.

So basically, as you're walking in Manhattan, there is a green wave. And unless you walk like a maniac, you're going to have to stop every third pedestrian light. So, you know, first couple of days, I'm like, I can't breathe by the time I get to the office. And then I suddenly decide, you know what? I'm just going to leave 15 minutes early. Again, I'm not very good with time.

So basically, as you're walking in Manhattan, there is a green wave. And unless you walk like a maniac, you're going to have to stop every third pedestrian light. So, you know, first couple of days, I'm like, I can't breathe by the time I get to the office. And then I suddenly decide, you know what? I'm just going to leave 15 minutes early. Again, I'm not very good with time.

So I leave 12 minutes early. I get myself a good cup of coffee and I walk like I have nothing to do. I observe all of the manic movements around New York City and I laugh my head off. I enjoy my coffee. I get to the office totally refreshed on time. 12 minutes difference. So these are things you can do to remove the reasons, the accumulation of burnout.