What We Keep Getting Wrong About Burnout
A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when when we're all there and, somehow, still going. Is our definition of burnout all wrong?
«But it’s hard to address a problem in any real, lasting way if you’re playing whack-a-mole with symptoms.»
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