Nick Petrie received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, won a Hopwood Award for short fiction, and his story At the Laundromat won the 2006 Short Story Contest in the The Seattle Review.
‘In Burn Bright, Nick Petrie challenges the assumption that sustained achievement must come at the cost of wellbeing. Petrie presents a compelling alternative—that it is possible to achieve both excellence and wellbeing. Drawing on his years of research and experience working with leaders in demanding fields, this book is a thoughtful and valuable contribution to the conversation about leadership, performance, and wellbeing in the modern workplace’ – Kyle Jeray, President of the American Orthopedic Association ‘Nick Petrie is a globally recognized, incredible leadership facilitator, and many leaders, teams and organisations that participated in the research that inspired this book have benefited greatly from his work. I urge you to do the same so you can also burn bright while remaining healthy, effective and energized’ – John Ryan, Vice Admiral, US Navy ‘Burn Bright solves the age-old dilemma of high performance, work-life balance and burn out’ Keith Allman, Former President & CEO, Masco Corporation ‘Over many years learning from Nick Petrie, and watching his research unfold, it’s joyful to see Burn Bright lay out the formula for achieving a state of true high performance. It is an invitation to us all to stop enduring and start thriving.’ – Owen Eastwood, performance coach