How to prevent burning out in the engineering industry

Richard, a mindset coach and a personal trainer shares his insights with us!

Intro

As much as we love our great engineering industry, it also has some downsides. These things are very common in our industry perfectionism, procrastination and feeling like an impostor.

All of such things can cause immense stress and can lead to burnout. But what to do to prevent such things from getting to us?

I have asked Richard Donovan, a Software Developer with over 22 years of experience, a mindset coach and also a personal trainer to share his insights on this important topic!

FYI: This is our second collab with Richard. If you are interested in reading our first collab, you can read it here: The importance of well-being in the engineering industry (paid article). You can read more about why well-being is so important in our industry.

Let’s get straight to Richard’s insights next!

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