How do you identify when you are starting to overcommit emotionally, and what strategies can you employ to reel yourself back?
Perry provides valuable insights into managing our emotional and mental resources in a world that demands our constant attention and care.
In this episode, we’ll explore the perils of over-caring and overcommitment, how they can lead to emotional exhaustion, and strain both personal and work relationships.
We'll discuss the culture of caring deeply about every opinion, the rise of anxiety and hyperempathy syndrome, and the impact on our ability to maintain civil discourse. You’ll hear about the importance of managing our limited resources—Time, Emotions, Attention, and Money (TEAM)—and focusing on what truly matters.
Explore how to efficiently manage where we invest our care and energy to foster healthier relationships and sustainable leadership.
Top Takeaways
Memorable Moments
00:00 Selective caring is valuable for personal impact.
06:09 Experiences lead to selective investment and honesty.
07:12 Consider allocating resources for a positive impact.
12:59 Concealing our true motives with superficial care.
14:55 Positive leadership creates happy, productive work environment.
19:00 Work conversations often prioritize solutions over people.
21:59 Focus on managing your team's resources effectively.
25:42 Control your actions, not the outcomes. Trust.
28:25 Ostracism leads to the brain registering social pain.
Perry Maughmer believes the world deserves better leadership; that in every human interaction there is the opportunity to either build others up or tear them down; and that leadership is the choice we make in those moments.
These beliefs led Perry to create the Potential Leader Lab. He wanted to offer those who share his beliefs the space and safety to explore transformative ideas, experiment with new behaviors, and evolve into the leaders they were meant to be and that the world needs.
This is a framework he has used again and again with his Vistage peer advisory groups and companies like Turn-Key Tunneling, Convergint, Haughn & Associates, I Am...
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