One of the first things to disappear when you're burned out isn't your productivity. It's your warmt
In this talk, Vanessa Van Edwards explains that warmth is the first quality to disappear when people are tired, burnt out, or stressed, which leads to friction in teams and rushed communication. She argues that recognizing this loss is crucial and suggests counter‑acting it by pairing with a complementary "wing person"—someone whose strength lies in competence while you provide warmth, citing classic duos like Bert & Ernie and Batman & Robin as examples. Van Edwards then introduces the use of AI as a charisma coach, noting that the first publicly released AI model was trained on the stereotype content model, which evaluates warmth and competence. By asking the AI to assess the warmth of a message, individuals can practice and strengthen their warmth muscle, especially in written communication such as emails, thereby improving interpersonal effectiveness.
