EhsanEtezad

This is my first long-form interview, please give me your feedback. Any constructive feedback or suggestions for improvements will be appreciated. Thank you.

Yes, the source of stress matters. I don't know a lot about the context of your question but just wanted to add that most companies offer Employee and Family Assistance Programs that covers counseling which can be an effective way of figuring out what to do about the non-work stressors.

Lol, C'mon, it takes less than 2 min to skim through it.

1) Do you know the author's education is in Organizational Psychology and he's been reading academic articles about burnout and high performance teams pretty much everyday as his life? (disclosure: I am the author, haha)

Brief of the news:

"Eli Lilly will buy bowel-disease drugmaker Morphic Holding for $3.2 billion in cash, adding firepower to its immunology pipeline. The Massachusetts-based Morphic is developing a drug to treat both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, a condition in which the immune system causes inflammation and ulcers in the colon. The drug, currently in the advanced stages of research, would complement Lilly’s own colitis treatment and add to the pharmaceutical giant's lineup of best-selling diabetes and obesity drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound."

" According to the Federal Reserve's annual stress test on the banking system, all 31 major U.S. banks could endure a severe recession. However, new claims by JPMorgan Chase are undermining the certainty of those results. The bank says that in the Fed's hypothetical scenario — which imagines a world with 10% unemployment and steep drops in property values — its losses would be greater than what the regulator concluded. Per CNBC, banks have complained about opacity in the stress test process, and Bank of America and Citigroup issued similar corrections to the Fed's results last year. "

Have you guys seen any smart strategies in your company or other places that help triage meetings or make them less exhausting?

Use this link with the access token to read for free - for some reason, HN removed it when I tried to include it as the main link:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-29/starbucks...

It's the same as my username here - happy to get connected :)

I put the TD link in there but here is the link to the Applyboard announcement:

https://www.applyboard.com/services/td-student-gic-program

I just realized that link has a paywall if it's your second time on the website - here is another coverage of the same news: https://globalnews.ca/news/10427688/capital-gains-tax-change...

As someone who's in mental health field, I've seen a growing need for innovation in this space. There is very big shortage of clinical psychologists and mental health counselors that has to inevitably be covered by the use of technology.

I don't want to refer to AI since it's super overused but it is really one of those spaces that AI can leave a significant impact (especially since we can probably PARTIALLY blame technology for some of the issues in this space already)

Agree or disagree? :)

I am doing my PhD in Organizational Psychology so let me add here:

The title is misleading a bit. The predictor power of an interview changes as a company gets better at doing interviews.

What do I mean by getting better? (1) Asking the same questions (2) Having a BARS scale for scoring, which means you define the characteristics of a good response versus bad response before interviewing anyone (3) Interviewers received training to do this job impartially (4) Everyone on the interview panel agrees they don't make decisions just based on gut feeling! or saying I have a good feeling about this person!

To summarize, Interview is okay if it's done correctly - It's not great though but not doing interviews have its problems/biases too :)

Practice Progressive Muscle Relaxation:

Stress-reducing techniques such as mindfulness meditation, deep breathing, or progressive muscle relaxation.

These strategies can help calm your mind and prepare it for a restful night.

From the article:

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The reason workaholics are susceptible to burnout is the fact that they put their work and career achievements over and above everything else, and they’re usually very good at it too, which just fuels this vicious cycle.

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People with this tendency usually have a value system that constantly reminds them that their self-worth comes from their work performance and achievements.

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Question -> What signs help you notice you are working "too much" and need to maybe slow things down a bit?

Very true! Some people even use the term "helper's high" to describe the good feelings after helping/gifting someone else.

Great points! Thanks for sharing that :)

4 Scientific Ways to BUY Happiness:

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1. Spend more on Experiences Instead of Materials

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2. Spend a little bit on Others Instead of All on Yourself

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3. Treat Yourself in Small Increments Instead of Buying Something Extravagant

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4. Spend Your Money to Buy Back Time

- You guys agree?

Recognition is the most effective and cheapest form of reward in organizations.

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However, one common way that managers can screw this up is to recognize their best performers and then ask them to do more until they burn out.

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Question: Have this ever happened to you?

Totally agree with you! I think it's important to differentiate Excellence (achievable) from Perfect (non-achievable) Thank you, zero-sharp!

-Ehsan Etezad

The mindset of someone who is a perfectionist is like this:

“Everything I do should be flawless, otherwise I am worthless.”

The most intriguing aspect of perfectionists for me is that they are their own worst enemy.

Perfectionism usually comes with a harsh inner critic.

Distinguishing perfectionists from workaholics and people-pleasers is not that easy on the surface.

Perfectionists work long hours like workaholics.

The difference is that they mostly spend their time re-doing and editing things they have done already.

They are also similar to people-pleasers since they usually seek external validation on the quality of their work.

Perfectionists are super proud of their unrealistically high standards for excellence which also makes them constantly feel like a failure.

Top 7 Benefits of Reordering Your Time

1. Improved Health & Wellness

2. Sustained Healthy High Performance

3. Better Work-Life Balance

4. Increased Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills

5. Enhanced Resilience

6. Improved Social Connections

7. Increased Job Satisfaction

Engineering and finance folks are going to love me because I think I can say what I mean better using formulas than words.

What I am saying is that, instead of “my whole time – my work time = personal time”,

I want you to switch to “my whole time – my personal time = my work time”

The self-care time is the guaranteed piece in the equation and the work time is the one that fluctuates over time.

This shift in mindset is really helpful when work demands start eating into your personal time, which usually happens all the time.