Elite Sports Mindset Coach Reveals How High-Achieving Men Avoid Burnout || Andrew May

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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