Overcoming Burnout: Mental Resilience Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur

How do you stay resilient when faced with personal and professional hardships? What steps can you take to understand and manage burnout effectively? Imagine pushing through multiple business challenges while also dealing with stress, anxiety, and personal loss. How do you keep moving forward and stay passionate about your work?

This week's guest is Haukur Gudjonsson, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience and a passion for building startups that solve problems and create value. Haukur has a diverse portfolio, from investing in real estate to running startups focused on tech and education. He is the CEO and founder of Sundra, a SaaS captioning solution that automates the transcribing of subtitles and captions.

During the episode, Haukur shares his journey of overcoming mental health challenges and the pivotal moments that shaped his approach to business and life. He opens up about the critical lessons learned from his experiences with burnout, the importance of self-awareness, and how he managed to rebuild his life and career. 

In this episode, you will learn about:

• Haukur's entrepreneurial journey and the challenges he had to face
• the impact of anxiety, stress and personal loss on Hakur’s career and life
• identifying and managing different levels of burnout
• a surprising benefit that several days of anti-anxiety medication can give
• the role of mental health in personal and professional success
• strategies for detaching from work and finding balance
• the importance of building a supportive network

Stay safe and #standwithukraine,

Anna

 

Resources:

Connect with Haukur on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haukurgud/ 

Learn more about Sundra: https://www.sundra.io 

Join the free yoga classes I teach every Monday and Thursday: https://annaliebel.as.me/lytmorning 

Book a Mindshifting Intensive: https://annaliebel.as.me/strategycall  

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