Luci Gabel—On Leadership, Life, Health and Happiness

Based on what I’ve seen and current science, there are 6 elements that affect your brain energy.

They influence your success at work and in relationships, your leadership abilities, and the success of your team and your company if you have one.

They also affect your health and longevity all the way down to your DNA. (But that's for another podcast.)

They all work together. Each one affects the other. 

Join me as I talk about them.

Want to remember these?

Download the free PDF: "6 Aspects of Mental Energy" to add your own personal notes to, place it at your desk or on your wall.

This is part 2, as promised, on what we know about COVID today. This time, I'm talking about prevention.

This deep-dive into the research was inspired when I had it in December which sent me digging through the journals to understand what the science is showing, rather than the misinformation too often heard through media and social media.

In this episode I share:

• Lessons on leadership from these last 4 years
• Putting research reported by the media into perspective
• The current research on Covid prevention including: whether masks work, how dangerous are vaccines, whether boosters are valuable, and a few things you may not have thought about when it comes to prevention.

References for this episode:

Meta-analyses on Masks:

Floriano I, Silvinato A, Bacha HA, Barbosa AN, Tanni S, Bernardo WM. Effectiveness of wearing masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in cohort and case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Bras Pneumol. 2024 Jan 5;49(6):e20230003. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20230003. PMID: 38198343; PMCID: PMC10760436.

Enright C, Gilbourne C, Kiersey R, et al. Efficacy of facemasks in preventing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare settings: A scoping review. Journal of Infection Prevention. 2024;25(1-2):24-32. doi:10.1177/17571774231203

Vaccines

Dighriri IM, Alhusayni KM, Mobarki AY, Aljerary IS, Alqurashi KA, Aljuaid FA, Alamri KA, Mutwalli AA, Maashi NA, Aljohani AM, Alqarni AM, Alfaqih AE, Moazam SM, Almutairi MN, Almutairi AN. Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (BNT162b2) Side Effects: A Systematic Review. Cureus. 2022 Mar 26;14(3):e23526. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23526. PMID: 35494952; PMCID: PMC9039171.

S.A. Meo, I.A. Bukhari, J. Akram, A.S. Meo, D.C. Klonoff ,COVID-19 vaccines: comparison of biological, pharmacological characteristics and adverse effects of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines, Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, Year: 2021 Vol. 25 - N. 3 Pages: 1663-1669 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202102_24877

Rosenblum HG, Hadler SC, Moulia D, Shimabukuro TT, Su JR, Tepper NK, Ess KC, Woo EJ, Mba-Jonas A, Alimchandani M, Nair N, Klein NP, Hanson KE, Markowitz LE, Wharton M, McNally VV, Romero JR, Talbot HK, Lee GM, Daley MF, Mbaeyi SA, Oliver SE. Use of COVID-19 Vaccines After Reports of Adverse Events Among Adult Recipients of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna): Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, July 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Aug 13;70(32):1094-1099. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7032e4.

Bishara, H. , Arbel, A. , Barnett-Griness, O. , Bloch, S. , Cohen, S. , Najjar-Debbiny, R. , Gronich, N. , Auriel, E. & Saliba, W. (2023). Association Between Guillain-Barré Syndrome and COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination. Neurology, 101 (20), e2035-e2042. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207900

Boosters

There are so many confusing messages about COVID today. Has it become as benign as a cold? Is it just like the flu? Are you completely safe if you're fit and healthy?

I'll tell you about the experience I had with it in December. And I'll share the most recent research I've found about it.

Below is a list of references to the studies I mentioned in this episode, in the order I speak about them.

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Covid and blood:

Valentine Léopold, et al: Platelets of COVID-19 patients display mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and energy metabolism failure compatible with cell death, Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis,Volume 7, Issue 7,2023,102213,ISSN 2475-0379, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102213

Cardiovascular issues after exposure:

Nat Med. 2022; 28(3): 583–590. Published online 2022 Feb 7. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3

Xie Y, Xu E, Bowe B, Al-Aly Z. Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19. Nat Med. 2022 Mar;28(3):583-590. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35132265; PMCID: PMC8938267

Long Covid in full spectrum of illness severity:

Li, J., Zhou, Y., Ma, J. et al. The long-term health outcomes, pathophysiological mechanisms and multidisciplinary management of long COVID. Sig Transduct Target Ther8, 416 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-023-01640-z

Nine countries meta-analysis:

Journal of infection, Persistance of post-covid symptoms in general population two years after SARS CoV-2 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. De-las-Peñas, et al. December 13, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.12.004

CDC Research:  

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db480.htm#section_2

Athletes and Myocarditis:

Modica G, Bianco M, Sollazzo F, Di Murro E, Monti R, Cammarano M, Morra L, Nifosì FM, Gervasi SF, Manes Gravina E, Zeppilli P, Palmieri V. Myocarditis in Athletes Recovering from COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 2;19(7):4279. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074279. PMID: 35409960; PMCID: PMC8998516.

Eighteen universities:

Massey, D., Saydah, S., Adamson, B. et al. Prevalence of covid-19 and long covid in collegiate student athletes from spring 2020 to fall 2021: a retrospective survey. BMC Infect Dis 23, 876 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08801-z

Males, long COVID and exercise:

Appelman, B., Charlton, B.T., Goulding, R.P. et al. Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID. Nat Commun 15, 17 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3
Physical activity was associated with a shorter length of symptoms:

Feter N, Caputo EL, Delpino FM, Leite JS, da Silva LS, de Almeida Paz I, Santos Rocha JQ, Vieira YP, Schröeder N, da Silva CN, Baptista Gonçalves JC, da Costa Pereira H, Barbosa TA, Cassuriaga J, da Silva MC, Reichert FF, Rombaldi AJ. Physical activity and long COVID: findings from the Prospective Study About Mental and Physical Health in Adults cohort. Public Health. 2023 Jul;220:148-154. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37320945; PMCID: PMC10263464.

Paxlovid:

NHS UK, https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/paxlovid/about-paxlovid

Smith DJ, Lambrou A, Patel P. SARS-CoV-2 Rebound With and Without Use of COVID-19 Oral Antivirals. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1357–1364. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7251a1

Harrington PR, Cong J, Troy SB, et al. Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Rebound After Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir Treatment in Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials — United States and International Sites, 2021–2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:1365–1370. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7251a2.

Extras:

During the holidays an increased number of responsibilities increases the demands on your brain. 

Performing at optimal capacity will become more important, and also more difficult during these next few weeks.

As a leader you want to continue being an outstanding role model to the people you’re leading. You want to keep being competent, confident, reliable, resourceful, creative, energetic and inspiring.

But you’re doing several of the most energy-intensive mental tasks at once when you're dealing with people, whether it's managing family gatherings or leading and influencing your teams. And let's face it, many of us keep the overloaded schedules that we have all year, then just add shopping, cooking more, having and going to parties, less sleep, and more sugar and alcohol. Therefore, your mental energy will be under much greater demand this holiday, and you're more likely to feel exhausted and burnt out after the season is over.

So I've got a few quick points you can use to maintain optimal mental performance through the holiday season.

I’ve used this information myself regularly. It works when I have a heavier, schedule, what seems like insurmountable work, or a big event gets added onto my plate. These are the little things that make a big difference. 

There’s one strategic advantage that many businesses are forgetting about right now. What that means for you is— there's a big, gaping opportunity to beat your competitors.

The strategic advantage is your customer's emotional connection to you. Fostering a deep emotional connection is becoming a lost art. If you develop it, it will take you far, far beyond your competitors.

In this episode, I share three big lessons I learned about how to make that emotional connection with customers — making raving fans out of them, creating customers that love you and will stand by you even when you make a mistake, and if your business goes through hard times they'll still be there with you.

I'll also give you three important tips to successfully implement these lessons, because they can be difficult.

You might want to take notes!

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Is there such a thing as healthy conflict ?

There is. And a healthy conflict culture is where people feel safe to talk about differing thoughts and opinions without punishment.

Being able to express yourself about something you don't agree with or tell someone that you see things differently has a lot greater impact than you might imagine.

In this episode, we'll dive into why healthy conflict is important for work and personal relationships and even entire organizations.

And even though conflict might sound scary, I'll share how you can develop the skill of having healthy conflict in a way that creates positive results, and even helps you and the people involved have a much better relationship as you move forward.

Let me know what you think about this episode, any thoughts or questions, and what you'd like to hear about next.

Connect with me further I'm Luci Gabel on: TT, Insta FB and LI My award winning book: ⁠⁠https://www.EatToLead.com⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠https://www.LuciGabel.com⁠

Related Episodes: Episode #2: SpaceX Historic Launch! Reframing your Fear of Failure & Why Psychological Safety is the Buzzword of Today

References:

How do you have conversations that are important, and difficult? There's a lot of theory out there but not enough down to earth, actionable examples of HOW to do it when it needs to be done. It can be hard, and scary. And you can feel alone. There's an old way of doing it, and a new way that's been shown to work in almost all situations. But not many leaders are embracing the new way. Why? Maybe because it's hard to do things differently from what others around you are doing. Or maybe it's because there are just not enough actionable steps and examples out there. Why do you think that is? Let me know in the comments.