Ep142: Michelle Tesoro (ACE) On Playing Chess With Your Health & Well-Being - pt2

<p>How many times have you finished a job and felt like you had nothing left in the tank? You gave it everything you had 24/7 thinking to yourself,<em> “I’ll start taking care of myself when the next hiatus comes”</em> only to be cursed by the fact that you’re good at what you do...and that hiatus never appears. You repeat the cycle for months, years, or even decades wondering where all the time went.</p> <p>When you imagine a high-profile award-winning editor like <strong><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2026939/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michelle Tesoro</a></strong> you imagine burnout wouldn't be a problem - that’s just for people struggling to “make it,” right? Given her track record having worked on shows such as <em>House of Cards, Godless, On the Basis of Sex, When They See Us</em>, and most recently<em> The Queen's Gambit, </em>Michelle must have it all figured out. Right???</p> <p>As you'll hear in part two of my conversation with Michelle, just like us she too often finds her tank completely empty at the end of a project. In part 2 of our conversation (<strong><a href= "https://optimizeyourself.me/playing-chess-with-your-career-michelle-tesoro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here’s part 1 if you missed it</a></strong>), we specifically examine the question of what is leaving her so drained. Michelle is incredibly open, honest, and brave to share her challenges maintaining such a demanding career while balancing it with friends and family, and she even allows me to put her on the ‘Hot Seat’ to really dig into what is driving her to still work so hard at this level of her career (Spoiler Alert: Even she fears missing out on the next gig). One key takeaway from this interview that I hope everyone understands is that greater success does not make career and lifestyle decisions any easier. In fact, if anything, it's the opposite. It becomes harder to say no and the fear of missing out never goes away.</p> <p>P.S. If you missed <strong><a href= "https://optimizeyourself.me/playing-chess-with-your-c