Why Your Passion is Destroying Your Life (And How to Fix It)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Our workplace is the modern battlefield and we are switched on and in fight or flight, 14, 15 hours a day, day after day after day after day. It is a wear and tear on our body and on our mind, on our emotions. That's where burnout happens. That's where you lose sight of what you're doing it for. Today's guest is Dr. Guy Winch, internationally renowned psychologist, best-selling author, and the leading advocate for what he terms emotional hygiene. I had Dr. Guy on the show because I wanted to discuss his most recent book, Mind Over Grind. This book speaks directly to a problem that I know I personally have dealt with my entire life, which is overworking, over-prioritizing work, a lack of harmony between my work life and my personal life.
I can even look as silly as trying to fit every second of the day that I'm not doing something mandated by my personal life, fitting in work into it. I convince myself, as so many of us do, that this is somehow getting ahead, and it's not. And this discussion, is gonna give you a superpower to be an absolute monster in your work. But it's gonna make you question some of the traditional mindsets around getting things done. But before we get to Dr. Guy, I just wanna say, we have so many new listeners subscribing to the show i absolutely love you for being here uh the show is growing like crazy and if you're not subscribed please do whether it's apple spotify wherever you listen to podcasts or if you're watching this on the youtube channel subscribe and leave a comment
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Why can passion and drive be psychological risk factors?
And a lot of times the guests or myself will go back into the comments and answer your questions. So make sure if you're not subscribed on YouTube and you want to interact with these amazing guests that we have on the show, that you're subscribed there. that you're leaving a comment, that you're liking the show. It means a lot to me. It means a lot to our guests. And it helps this show, Finding Peak, reach more amazing audience members like yourself. I love you guys for being here. Let's get on to Dr. Guy Winch. Guy, it's great to have you on the show today, man. Thank you for taking the time. Thank you for having me. So you said something in the green room and I was debating in my head whether I wanted to wait later or get at this right away, but I tend to like to not bury the lead.
You said that passion and drive are risk factors. And I immediately, you know, kind of not push back, but said, I've literally I've done 500 episodes of the show, I've never heard anyone position passion and drive as potential risk. So let's kind of break this concept down. And then we'll weave our way through how we get there. So look, the risk factors psychologically, because what it puts you at risk for are a number of things. Number one, overworking. And really not having very clear boundaries about when are you actually overworking too much?
What is the 'scurvy' of modern entrepreneurs and how can it be avoided?
When are you actually going into the red? Because the thing about passion and drive is it obscures that a bit. You're all excited about things. You're animated. It's like good stuff. It's all good stuff. You know, so then there can never be too much good stuff. There can be too much good stuff. Because what my research has found is that when you are too passionate and you are actually at risk of self-neglect, There's the famous story from Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, that in his previous startup, he developed scurvy. Scurvy is something sailors would get in the 1800s because they were at sea for two, three months and didn't have vitamin C. Flintstones vitamin would have saved him from scurvy, and I'm sure he could have afforded a Flintstones vitamin.
He was just so passionate and focused. that malnutrition happened. And it's just an example, but there are many ways in which we start to neglect. We push off doctor's appointments, our self-care goes down the drain, and we are so focused, we're so prioritized, that everything else in our life starts to get very, very marginalized.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:41
2
Why can passion and drive be psychological risk factors?
1:41–3:07
3
What is the 'scurvy' of modern entrepreneurs and how can it be avoided?
3:07–5:10
4
Why do people feel depressed after achieving significant goals?
5:10–6:53
5
How can you protect your personal time from work encroachment?
6:53–8:35
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What is the difference between automatic coping and intentional problem-solving?
8:35–9:42
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How does action create passion instead of the other way around?
9:42–10:41
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What mental health crisis is Gen Z facing and why?
10:41–59:21
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