Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
Working with unceasing intensity is artificial and unsustainable. In the moment, it might exude a false sense of usefulness, but when continued over time, it estranges us from our fundamental nature, generates misery, and, from a strictly economic perspective, almost certainly holds us back from reaching our full capabilities. A more natural, slowe
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For 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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How I Overcame Burnout and Actively Manage It Now (Web Edition 2.0)
For much of the last year, I have actively looked at and invested time, money, and energy into what would improve my life and reduce the likelihood of burnout. I used what I learned from operations management to build routines, implement organizational tools and strategies, as well as figure out priorities that made sense for me, rather than in com... See more
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Or perhaps your problem isn’t being too busy but insufficiently busy, languishing in a dull job,