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4 Steps to Beating Burnout
I get asked a lot about “tips for alleviating burnout,” and if you’ve been reading this newsletter for awhile, you know I have a few: put your phone on airplane mode before you go into the bedroom; don’t listen to podcasts on walks; dedicate time to hang out with your own mind. But the biggest one is something I first heard from fellow burnout... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • what great inconvenience
burnout can stem from a sense that work is stressful, bristling with interpersonal friction, and lacking in meaning.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
burnout isn’t just a thing that happens to overworked people in stressful jobs. It can happen to anyone when work stops feeling meaningful, enjoyable or manageable. When you’re burned out, you feel overwhelmed and undermotivated. You feel like you can’t keep up the pace, no matter how hard you try.