166. Are You Suffering From Burnout?
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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.