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How to Become Ultraproductive: The Science and Practice of Sustainable High Performance (A Conversation with Dr. Christian Poensgen)
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This week’s episode of Do Good to Lead Well opens with a frank recounting of the realities of hustle culture and burnout, through the lens of my guest, Dr. Christian Poensgen’s personal odyssey from scientific research on stress to practical, real-world transformation. Our conversation explores why classic notions of working harder and longer so often fail and how true productivity demands the opposite: the courage to rest, recover, and recalibrate. Powerful metaphors from sports and the latest behavioral research animate our discussion. Listeners learn to distinguish between acute, performance-boosting stress and the slow drain of chronic overload. We also explore why sleep quality, not…