The Energy Debt Every Successful Man Is Paying with Adam Barney - 130
YouTube Halfway through this episode, Adam Barney lost power. The lights cut out in the middle of a talk about running out of energy in your body. Silly enough, it matched the topic exactly.
Coach Brian sits down with Adam Barney, an energy coach and the host of the podcast Is Anything Real.
Adam spent over 20 years in corporate marketing at Microsoft, Digitas and Akamai Technologies. There he managed more than 100 million dollars in ad spend, then got laid off twice. He now teaches that burnout comes from energy debt. Years of skipped rest, skipped meals and skipped time with family pile up like interest on a loan.
They also break down the Ikigai framework and Adam's own Energy OS Alignment Framework. They use it to explain why so many successful people still feel burned out.
By the end of this episode you will have a simple way to spot where your energy leaks out. You will also have three questions to ask yourself before bed, so you can see where your energy went today.
Main topics in this episode:
- What energy debt is, and how it builds up like an unpaid loan
- The Ikigai framework and Adam's Energy OS Alignment Framework
- Why "I'll take care of myself after this project" keeps pushing your health back
- What losing his job twice taught Adam about his own identity
- Three questions to ask yourself before bed to see where your energy went
- Why success can cost too much if it costs your health or your family
- How small daily choices build into real change over time
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About Adam Barney:
Adam W. Barney is an energy coach and transition leadership coach based in Boston.
Adam is the author of Make Your Own Glass Half Full: The Path To Empowered Optimism and Autonomy. He built the Energy OS Alignment Framework. It grows out of the Japanese Ikigai concept. The framework helps leaders find where their energy, their skills and their impact line up. He also hosts the podcast Is Anything Real, where he talks with founders and leaders about what works in business and in life.
Adam has coached more than 200 leaders through burnout, career transitions and real change. He lives in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston with his wife, two young daughters and two dogs. He calls it a good kind of chaos.
You can find Adam on Instagram at @adamwbarney or at adamwbarney.com.
His book Make Your Own Glass Half Full is available wherever books are sold.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for education and coaching support only. It is not medical advice. Always work with your physician before changing medication, treatment, or medical care.
