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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-06-29 · 46 min · 7,905 words

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

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When you start skipping meals or Forgetting to drink or just not feeling hungry or thirsty, that is often a sign that Your system for whatever reason It's trying to deal with whatever crisis it perceives is like right in front of you or on the horizon, instead of just tending to the boring daily things that you have to do to get yourself. Through the day. So when you notice those signs, that is really a warning.

I think a lot of us are not. Alert to those earlier warning signs until it's kinda too late and we get into A full fledged bout of depression. Full fledged.

Burnout and that is Just really, really dangerous. Territory. That's Elizabeth Zvoboda. She's an award winning science writer who focuses on the science of motivation and thriving. She's also the author of The Art of Pacing, a guide to balancing short term demands with long term thriving.

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