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The Successful CEO Who Secretly Hoped His Plane Would Crash | Oli Johnson on Preventing Leadership Burnout

The Self Aware Leader with Jason Rigby

Release Date: 07/25/2025

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🚨 WARNING: This conversation could fundamentally change how you think about success and leadership.

Oli Johnson had everything most executives dream of: a multi-million dollar tech business, a beautiful home in Ibiza, a young family, and the respect of his peers. From every external measure, he was winning at life.

So why was he sitting on a plane hoping it would crash?

This raw, unfiltered conversation exposes the hidden epidemic destroying high-performing leaders worldwide and reveals the revolutionary prevention system that's changing everything.

In this episode, you'll discover:

🎯 The Shocking Reality of Leadership Burnout

  • Why 87% of executives report feeling like imposters
  • The $1 trillion annual cost to the global economy
  • How external success can become your internal prison
  • Why "fake it till you make it" is literally killing leaders

đź’ˇ The Culture Infection Nobody Talks About

  • How unconscious leader behavior spreads through organizations
  • Why your late-night emails are poisoning your team
  • The co-founder dynamics that destroy promising startups
  • How to build anti-burnout cultures that actually thrive

🚀 The Prevention Revolution

  • AI + biomarker technology that predicts burnout weeks in advance
  • Why prevention beats recovery 100% of the time
  • Heart rate variability as an early warning system
  • Personalized supplementation based on genetic markers

🧠 Strategic Sustainability vs. Hustle Culture

  • The marathon mindset that creates lasting success
  • How to work strategically instead of just harder
  • Building systems that prevent breakdown before it happens
  • The technology breakthrough changing executive wellness

Most Powerful Moments:

"Everything looked like it should be perfect. The reality of living that was very different indeed."

"Culture is not about writing values on a board and walking away. It's about how you're showing up."

"Prevention is 100% better than trying to restore your health."

"If you're behaving like that as a leader, you're defining the culture of your business."

Guest Bio:

Oli Johnson is a serial entrepreneur, former investment banker, and founder of PrescribedLife.AI, a revolutionary platform using artificial intelligence and biomarker data to prevent executive burnout.

Background:

  • Former investment banker at major institutions including Bank of England
  • Built and scaled multiple successful tech ventures
  • Experienced severe burnout despite external success
  • Now pioneering preventative wellness technology for high performers
  • Relocated from London's corporate towers to Ibiza (and learned location doesn't solve internal patterns)

Current Focus: Oli is revolutionizing executive wellness through PrescribedLife.AI, which combines cutting-edge AI technology with biomarker analysis to predict and prevent burnout before it destroys careers and companies.

Key Topics Covered:

🏢 The Corporate to Startup Transition

  • Investment banking pressure cooker culture
  • Why startup founders face even more intense stress
  • The myth of entrepreneurial freedom

⚠️ Burnout Warning Signs Leaders Miss

  • The dangerous "I'm fine" mentality
  • How external success masks internal struggle
  • Why high performers are 3x more likely to burn out

🌴 The Location Independence Myth

  • Moving to Ibiza: paradise that became prison
  • Why changing environment doesn't change patterns
  • The loneliness of remote leadership

đź’° The Economics of Burnout

  • $1 trillion global economic impact
  • How leader burnout cascades through organizations
  • The ROI of prevention vs. recovery

🤖 Technology as Self-Awareness Tool

  • AI-powered early warning systems
  • Biomarker tracking for executives
  • Heart rate variability as stress indicator
  • Genetic testing for personalized wellness

đź‘Ą Culture Creation Through Leader Behavior

  • How your stress becomes your team's stress
  • The 24/7 availability trap
  • Building psychologically safe environments
  • Co-founder relationship dynamics

🔬 The Science of Prevention

  • Why willpower fails and systems succeed
  • Biomarker data interpretation
  • Personalized supplementation protocols
  • Executive coaching enhanced by technology

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction: The hidden burnout epidemic 3:45 - Oli's background: From London banking to Ibiza 7:20 - The external success vs. internal reality paradox 12:15 - The plane ride moment that changed everything 18:30 - Why location changes don't fix internal patterns 23:45 - The culture infection: How leader behavior spreads 28:10 - Co-founder dynamics and startup relationship challenges 34:20 - The $1 trillion cost of leadership burnout 38:50 - Technology solutions: AI + biomarkers for prevention 43:15 - Building anti-burnout organizational cultures 47:30 - The future of executive wellness

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