Elite Sports Mindset Coach Reveals How High-Achieving Men Avoid Burnout || Andrew May
Don't Let The Old Man InShow Notes
In this episode of Don't Let the Old Man In, we sit down with Andrew May (high performance coach to the Wallabies, Australian cricket, and some of the country's biggest CEOs) to understand how our building capacity and better recovery can be the best cure for burnout.
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CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Intro 02:41 – Why we don't have a burnout problem 04:22 – The real definition of burnout (and the WHO's updated criteria) 07:33 – Vitamin FLPJ: fun, laughter, play, joy 09:57 – Organisational burnout vs taking accountability 11:36 – The four types of capacity elite CEOs train 14:23 – What executives' blood tests reveal: iron, vitamin D, testosterone 16:29 – Purpose vs performance: why purpose is hard and most men skip it 20:08 – Performance-based identity vs purpose-based identity 23:03 – Andrew's own burnout story: walking away from a seven figure exit 25:12 – The five metrics that actually measure your capacity 27:59 – The "50 to the power of 4" benchmark: heart rate, HRV, VO2 max 40:55 – Wearables, cold plunges and the truth about sauna 49:25 – The capacity model: green, moderate, high and extreme risk 57:05 – Three simple things to do this week 1:06:05 – Andrew's final word of wisdom
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