Manuel Astruc is an experienced psychiatrist. His own struggles with burnout, addiction and depression inspired him to start Your Next Act, his coaching program for high performing entrepreneurs. Manuel takes what he’s learned working in the field, his work as an entrepreneur and his own life experiences and brings it to entrepreneurs to help them with “the other side of success.” The outside world sees one side of a successful entrepreneur, but there is another side to success. From stressed out to burnt out to numbed out, high-achievers pay a price for their success that they keep to themselves. 

Dr. Astruc helps others recognize how focusing on their mental fitness translates into greater success, both in life and in business.

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There are 3 components to burnout. One is the sense of emotional exhaustion. Second is the cynicism that starts to seep into your life…and third is a feeling like you’re no longer effective at what you do.

The factors that contribute are…not feeling like you have much autonomy of efficacy, demands that exceed your abilities to produce, and life becomes a bit of a treadmill. One day looks just like the next….

The mental exhaustion is certainly is a fatigue component.

Burnout is not…a medical condition that needs to be treated with medication, but left unchecked, you can certainly move into depression.

Whenever we studied the disease, we all had the disease because everything is a continuum. With burnout, the leading edge indicators are smaller components…no longer feeling satisfied with work, starting to get tired and no longer looking forward to going into work…

Not doing work where we have a sense of purpose (is a big component of it) or that are aligned with our interests.  

One of the things I talk about in Your Next Act is life by design. Most of us follow life by default. 

We get on this treadmill of expectation that when we get to wherever we are supposed to get, now we are there and there’s something good that’s supposed to happen. 

….on the weekends that same person is the captain of the company’s baseball team and that person really loves baseball. That little bit of satisfaction that really is purposeful for them and meaningful to them can mitigate the 4 hours a week that are a bit of a grind.  

By intentionally being able to look for and add parts of our life that we find rewarding…and it can be just 10% of your day…you can do a lot to move the needle with burnout.

I was burnt out for a long time…It was right after my twin sister passed away from a brain tumor… I said something’s gotta change. I immediately started to make change with things I could control. I focused on one meal a day that I could eat better…I exercised 5 minutes a day…I turned off the news…I put on podcasts…I involved myself in thinking about a bigger future for myself.  

The idea of how to be happy…is not something that we’re taught. I’ve come up with a way…and teach folks how to do that.  

The first part of happiness is starting to ramp up your energy. Move more. Eat better. Focus on your sleep. Gratitude practice.  

4 Pillars:  We are never finished products. Learning and growing is part of what keeps us alive and engaged.   Connect. Our human relationships, our community, our tribe is so important. Blazing your own trail. …we want to make sure we are intentionally…following our curiosity, figuring out what we’re good at, our purpose. It can be daunting but it can also be really simple….give yourself the grace of time to figure it out. The commitment to enjoying the ride no matter what. …from Victor Frankel Man’s Search for Meaning, we always have the ability to choose our attitude no matter what the circumstances.  ...