45. The Mindful Developer with Dagna Bieda

It’s a new year. We’re leaving 2021 in the dust, and we’re looking forward to 2022. We’re setting some personal goals, some career goals, and we’re trying to figure out how to balance life and work to avoid burnout. To kick the new year off right we’ve invited Dagna Bieda, from The Mindful Dev, on the show to talk about how to be more mindful about our career decisions. Dagna discusses taking a minute to think about where we’re going and to keep from running our career on autopilot or making important career decisions without putting too much thought into where it’s going to take you.Topics: • 02:50 – Na zdrowie! • 03:33 – Most of us are running our careers on autopilot. • 04:53 – We need to be more mindful about our career goals. • 05:42 – Is autopilot always bad? • 08:15 – How do we know when we’re burnt out? • 09:21 – Complacency in our career is a plateau. • 10:32 – Moving up requires pausing and thinking about where we’re going. • 12:24 – we need to rethink “Work-life balance” • 14:00 – Has WFH changed why we’re getting burnt out? • 15:02 – What is it we want vs what is it we’re expected to do? • 17:27 – Overworking is kind of a drug. • 25:14 – Nail down what will fulfill you. • 26:22 – What are signs of burnout or autopilot. • 28:10 – Reprogram how our brains handle work. • 33:26 – Our ancient ancestors focused on negativity to stay alive. We haven’t changed. • 34:22 – We’re just cavemen with smartphones. • 36:05 – The Texas Sharpshooter fallacy • 37:44 – It’s also our cultural upbringing. • 40:44 – We’re often communicating with assumptions that aren’t correct. • 41:36 – How do we avoid burnout? • 42:10 – Take ownership of your time.Helpful Links: • Find Dagna on LinkedIn • The Mindful Dev on YouTube • How Dagna works with her clients • themindfuldev.comAbout Dagna:Dagna is a Software Engineer turned Career Coach. Her clients have worked at big names like LinkedIn, Amazon, Google, Disney, as well as smaller businesses. She’s been coding for the past 10+ years. She’s been coaching for the past 2+ years, helping her clients advance in their careers and reach their full potential. Over the last two years, she’s seen a lot of her clients at, or near, burnout and running on autopilot. Today, Dagna is going to share some tips and warning signs to help you avoid burnout.—– Thanks for listening! We hope you enjoyed today’s episode. If you liked what you heard, be sure to like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! If you enjoyed today’s episode, please leave a comment and a five-star review. It helps us out a ton. If you haven’t already, sign up for our email list. We won’t spam you. Pinky swear. • Check out our website • Follow us on twitter •