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Self-Care is Not the Solution for Burnout
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.
Ali Abdaal • Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
People Don’t Burn Out From Work. They Burn Out From Powerlessness
It’s easy to blame the hours.
But burnout rarely comes from doing too much. It comes from feeling like nothing you do makes a difference.
You could work a 12-hour day and end it energized if the wo... See more
Hiten Shahx.comFor knowledge workers, the biggest sign that the status quo is broken is the rise in self-reported burnout. This past summer, McKinsey and Lean In collaborated on a survey of more than sixty-five thousand North American employees, primarily from knowledge-sector jobs. They found a significant increase in those describing themselves as feeling burnt
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