166. Are You Suffering From Burnout?

What’s the difference between being busy and being productive? Would you be better at your job if you cared a little less? And can somebody get Mike a cup of coffee?

RESOURCES:

• " State of the Global Workplace: 2023 Report • ," ( Gallup, • 2023). • " What’s Really So Wrong About Secretly Working Two Full-Time Jobs at Once? • " by Alison Green ( Slate, • 2023). • " The Problem With Venting • ," by Ethan Kross ( Character Lab, • 2021). • " Conan O'Brien's Final Monologue: 'Nobody in Life Gets What They Thought They Were Going to Get,' • " by Lynette Rice ( Entertainment Weekly, • 2020). • " Employee Burnout, Part 1: The 5 Main Causes • ," by Ben Wigert and Sangeeta Agrawal ( Gallup, • 2018). • " Finding Solutions to the Problem of Burnout • ," by Christina Maslach ( Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, • 2017). • " Maslach Burnout Inventory: Third Edition • ," by Christina Maslach, Susan E. Jackson, and Michael P. Leiter ( Evaluating Stress: A Book of Resources, • 1997). Burnout: The High Cost of High Achievement, • by Herbert Freudenberger and Geraldine Richelson (1980). • " Staff Burn-Out • ," by Herbert Freudenberger ( Journal of Social Issues, • 1974). • " Dehumanization in Institutional Settings • ," by Christina Maslach and Philip Zimbardo (U.S. Office of Naval Research, 1973).

EXTRAS:

• " How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? • " by Freakonomics Radio • (2020). Charlotte's Web, • by E.B. White (1952).

SOURCES:

Christina Maslach • , professor emertia of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Herbert Freudenberger • , 20th-century psychologist. Ethan Kross • , professor of psychology and management/organizations at the University of Michigan. Conan O'Brien • , podcast host, comedian, and former late-night television host. E.B. White • , author. Philip Zimbardo • , professor emeritus of psychology at Stanford University.