Given the vast amounts of fear & uncertainty surrounding not only the job market in general but specifically in the entertainment industry with the writer’s strike, we figured now is the perfect time to evaluate where you are in your career path, identify your unique strengths, and make the changes necessary to take you one step closer, if not all the way, to your dream job.

That’s why for the month of May we’ll be releasing one of our most popular top 5 podcast playlists where I’ve narrowed down over 200 of my podcast conversations down to the 5 best authors and experts who can help you design the more balanced, more sustainable, and more fulfilling creative career that you deserve. In this top 5 series you will hear a range of topics covered such as how to navigate difficult career transitions, finding your why, how to be happy and successful at the same, how to overcome creative burnout, and how to effectively tell your own story.

If you haven’t already, make sure to visit optimizeyourself.me/podcast to download your very own customized podcast playlist based on your goals.

Without further adieu, here is the fourth part of this five interview series with Eric Barker, author of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong. In this episode, we do a deep dive into the epidemic of creative burnout, what the signs are, and what you can do to get yourself out of it.

You can find the original show notes for this interview at optimizeyourself.me/episode03.

TOP 5: The Science Behind Success and Creative Burnout (And Why You’re Approaching Both Mostly Wrong) | with Eric Barker

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TOP 5: The Science Behind Success and Creative Burnout (And Why You’re Approaching Both Mostly Wrong) | with Eric Barker