Everybody Burns Out Eventually. Here's How You Can Fight It by Bloomberg published on 2017-02-22T22:19:41Z Do you suffer from exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficiency at work? Does the idea of getting up and going into the office fill you with dread? You might be suffering from burnout. While we tend to throw around the term, it's a specific psychological state. People who work in high-stress, high-stakes professions, such as medicine, are the most at risk. Yet even we cube-dwellers can overextend ourselves and reach a breaking point. This week on Game Plan, Rebecca and Francesca seek advice on how to avoid burnout from Wharton professor and author of "Give and Take" Adam Grant. He explains how to be a "giver" at work without losing enthusiasm and energy for your job. Comment by Carmel Chiu Sutcliffe (明慧) Great podcast and practical advice, many thanks. Wondering - particularly in the context of education - about systematic issues that make burnout inevitable i.e. dehumanisation of education e.g. casualisation, pay cuts, shorter class times, larger classes, online/flipped learning models disguised at self-directed learning/efficient teaching models, but really institutional profit-making strategies, and so on... rather than purely blaming ourselves for getting burnt out... 2017-05-21T03:38:17Z
