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TECC 257: How to Manage Burnout, Fear, and Uncertainty and Remain a Productive Engineer

October 12, 2021 By EMI

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In this episode, we talk to Zachary White, a career coach known for helping engineers, about the importance of work-life balance. He also provides some great tips to manage burnout, fear and uncertainty and remain a productive engineer.

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Here Are Some of the Key Points Discussed About How to Manage Burnout, Fear, and Uncertainty:

  • Engineers like to compartmentalize in their conscious mind, but 95% of the processing power of your brain is in your subconscious, which does not distinguish between your personal life and your work life. The patterns or habits that are blocking you, or creating problems for you, outside of work are almost always manifesting in an unrecognizable way in your work life. When you release the brakes and get back on track in your areas of resistance and failure outside the office, it will create an upward spiral into your work life where you can identify areas you need to work on.
  • Burnout is an engineering, industrywide, organizational problem that must be addressed and taken seriously. The consequences of not addressing burnout in your life will end up being permanent. It can harm your health and relationships. The first thing you must do to start combating burnout is to change your focus from the things you are doing that you think are causing burnout to the things you are not doing, because that is where the real cause of burnout lies. Some things that cause burnout are not prioritizing sleep, your health, not staying connected to your passion, your relationships, your self-care, and not taking time for recreation. You blame things that you cannot control for your burnout when it’s your own choices that are slowly creeping you toward burnout.
  • Courage is not just something nice to have as an engineering leader, it is mandatory. Your subconscious mind automatically draws you to your comfort zone. Your brain automatically seeks safety and security, but none of the things you want to accomplish in life are in your comfort zone. When you go to the edge of your comfort zone, fear is right there to meet you every time. If you think you can wait for fear to go away before you grow into the size of your life, you will be waiting a long time. You need the courage to exceed the fear so that you can face the fear and do it anyway. Courage must be greater than fear for action to happen, and action is the antidote.
  • The Happy Engineer Podcast is a podcast where you can learn to build your career while you balance your life in the pursuit of happiness, fulfillment, and satisfaction over your entire life. It has many important conversations distilled into actionable insights that you can immediately take into your career and life to help you get results.

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In the Take Action Today segment of the show, Zach talks about how you can take your engineering career to the next level by investing in yourself.

About the Guest, Zachary White

burnoutZach White is a widely regarded coach known for changing the game in engineering career coaching. He has worked with engineers at all levels from dozens of top companies worldwide to escape burnout and achieve breakthrough results. These companies include tech giants Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google and industry leaders like General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Nike, and Whirlpool.

Zach is the founder and CEO of Oasis of Courage, known as OACO, a fast-growing company with unique and proven coaching programs exclusively for engineers. He also hosts The Happy Engineer Podcast, where listeners discover the steps to engineering success through expert interviews and Zach’s transformational framework, the Lifestyle Engineering Blueprint.

As a coach, Zach understands the engineering journey firsthand, holding a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. With over a decade of experience and top performance in a $20B organization, he is now a sought-after coach by engineering leaders around the world.

As an entrepreneur, Zach is also a Partner at PermaVentures, a private equity investment group and startup studio based in Southwest Michigan.

About the Host, Jeff Perry, MBA

Jeff PerryJeff Perry is a leadership/career coach for engineers, building mindsets, leadership, and career intentions to unlock hidden potential and remove self-imposed roadblocks for career and life. For years, he has had the pleasure of supporting engineers and software pros, from new grads to director level. Having been on the front lines in the technical world, he has been able to map out the necessary skills for becoming a quality leader in the field.

You can connect with Jeff on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcperry/ or visit his website, https://morethan-engineering.com. Jeff also has a new, FREE, on-demand training course for engineers who are job searching or in job transitions. You can see it at https://engineeringcareeraccelerator.com.

Resources and Links Mentioned in This Session Include:

Oasis of Courage
The Happy Engineer Podcast
Connect with Zach White on LinkedIn

We would love to hear any questions you might have or stories you might share on how to manage burnout, fear, and uncertainty and remain a productive engineer.

Please leave your comments, feedback, or questions in the section below.

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To your success,
Jeff Perry, MBA
Host of The Engineering Career Coach Podcast

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Filed Under: TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast, Work Life Balance Tagged With: Burnout, combating burnout, comfort zone, control for your burnout, courage, fear, fulfillment, How to Manage Burnout, pursuit of happiness, Uncertainty, Zachary White

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