How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1164: How to Pace Yourself for Success and Long-Term Thriving with Elizabeth Svoboda

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Show Notes

Elizabeth Svoboda shares expert tactics for finding the right pace to sustain your energy for the long haul.

— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) The subtle warning signs you’re overpacing 2) How to structure your day for maximum energy 3) How to streamline your day with selective mediocrity

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— ABOUT ELIZABETH — Elizabeth Svoboda is an award-winning science writer and contributor to Scientific American, Discover, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and other publications. Elizabeth is a winner of the Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Writers, and her work has been anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. She lives in San Jose, California, with her husband and young sons. • Book: The Art of Pacing: A Guide to Balancing Short-Term Demands with Long-Term Thriving • Instagram: svobodster • Website: ElizabethSvoboda.com • Newsletter: “The Art of Pacing”

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Technique: Resonance frequency breathing • App: Elite HRV • Study: “Long-term follow-up of residual symptoms in patients treated for stress-related exhaustion” by Kristina Glise, Lilian Wiegner, and Ingibjörg H. Jonsdottir • Instagram: Dr. Whitney Casares • Book: Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork by Etty Hillesum • Past episode: 014: Emotional Mastery with Dr. Marcia Reynolds • Past episode: 1005: How to Feel Energized Every Day with Dr. Michael Breus

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