Dr Frederik G. PferdtFrom Stanford & Google — To You

Ruchika Sikri @FrederikGPferdt - Do and Get

28 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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Ruchika Sikri describes the exhausting cycle of constant doing to get ahead, even after landing a coveted Google role. She explores how this survival mindset depletes mental and physical resources, leading to burnout and breakdown, and asks how to shift toward simply being instead of always striving.

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I've been kind of in that mindset of like, do, do, do to get, get, get, and so you can survive. So even, you know, when I started at Google, it was such a blessing to like get a job. And I think we just talked about how we have finite resources, and if you keep doing, your heart is going to give up on you, or your brain is going to give up on you, or you're going to fall sick and have chronic and acute diseases, and still there's so much to do, is going from like, am I in the doing mind mindset again? What can I do to just be? And as we were just having a side conversation before we started the podcast, you know, I'm trying to break out of the pattern of doing my meditation, doing my yoga, and doing social connection. And I'm like, how can I just be in meditation?