In the realm of volunteer work, it's crucial to recognize the signs of burnout within your team members. Rather than brushing it off and urging them to soldier on, it's an opportune moment to scrutinize your team's structure. Typically, when one team member is experiencing burnout, voicing complaints or neglecting tasks, it's a clear indicator that an organizational reshuffling is in order.

If you're looking to recruit volunteers for your organization, you need to understand a fundamental truth about human nature: people crave status. It's a biological need, backed by research. Sure, some may seek status through conventional means, like buying a fancy car or a big house, but others find it through contributing to a cause they believe in.

If you're a nonprofit looking to leverage your volunteers for innovation, you're in the right place. But let's get one thing straight: you can't approach this like a for-profit corporation. Those guys have resources to burn and can afford to throw a bunch of teams at a problem until something sticks. You, on the other hand, need to be smarter about how you innovate.

So, how do you do it? Here are eight steps to follow:

Leading a volunteer organization is a noble undertaking, but it requires more than good intentions to succeed. To truly make an impact, you need a clear plan and a committed team. Here's a five-step process that can help you get there.

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Andrew Huberman did a podcast on Alcohol’s impact on our body earlier this month. He lays out lots of details and facts and processes. Here is the (TLDR) Too Long Didn’t read summary.

Summary of the Andrew Huberman Podcast on Optimize your focus.

What is burnout? I think its a feeling of hopelessness, helplessness, and exhaustion.

For me burnout happens almost at a regular pace. I get really excited about a project either at work or in my personal life and I throw myself into it. I then work towards it with all my energy.

This is an except from my up coming book: 100 Days of Yoga.

The yoga tool kit is a wholistic four tool system to build a healthy resilient you. It includes things that might not seem to be party of yoga like talking to a therapist, but yoga is union. It means brining things together to become whole.

I share my personal story with a pre-cancerous tumor called DCIS.

How to heal through yoga- As all physical therapists will tell you you must move gently to heal. The issue I see is that people get bored with their physical therapy movements. I’ve started building yoga classes with some traditional physical therapy movements inside to keep people from getting bored. check out my youtube to see those.

Satchin Panda - Light Summary from his book Circadian Code. Light impacts our health. It is critical for us to understand the types of light that we are exposed to. This article reviews what Panda’s book talks about.

Satchin Panda’s book Circadian Code Summary-12 hour feeding window

I always prioritize Andrew Huberman’s weekly science of the body podcast, but this weeks’ was especially juice as a yoga teacher. He does a full lit review of all the latest science on stretching and gives us the mechanisms behind why they work. Several shocking new research has come out about the benefits of yoga. I highly recommend everyone listen to the whole thing, but you can also use the YouTube sections to listen to just the parts about Yoga.

I’ve summarized it in my blog.

Why should we slow down? Is it worth it?

What is Self-Care? Is it indulgent? I show why prioritizing self-care leads to an abundant life.

Our society is all about getting things done! We reward those who work hard. I’d like to point out some data on why resting is critical. I hope when you finish reading this article you will prioritize rest both during the night and between stressful events,

I’ve learned some key things my new favorite book Circadian Code by Satchin Panda, PHD.

Are you on track for your 2021 goals? Its now August 2021!! How will you feel about what you accomplished on December 31st? Take my self-reflection workshop today to figure out if you are on track or if you need to make course corrections.

Recently Steve and I had a chance to be on a podcast together, the first time ever. Our chemistry is on display and our totally different ways of self expression. He shares about his musical journey and his new band Oarsmen Band and I share about my thoughts on leadership after my year as Toastmasters District Director of D57. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Thanks to Steve Taddei for being an awesome host!

What I’ve learned by 3 months of daily blogging.