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How I Work Hard Without Burning Out
Do you ever feel that the demands of your job are too much? If so, that’s not a surprise. Modern-day life demands much of us as human beings.
That has been the case for decades. And often, those high demands result in burnout. Researchers have studied the phenomenon of burnout from the 70s. The results? It’s not good.
Research shows that high levels of burnout is associated with the following issues:
- Anxiety.
- Depression.
- Sleep disturbance.
- Memory impairment.
- Neck pain.
And there’s more. Burnout increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
And there’s even more. But I think you get the point.
So it’s safe to say that working hard has a price. Personally, I’m very well aware of these risks. I’ve experienced stress because of high job demands in the past.
It doesn’t matter whether your manager has high demands, or whether you have high demands of yourself.
Both result in the same thing: You can’t deal with the daily demands, and that’s what will exhaust you.
How do you prevent that? Unfortunately, that answer is not straightforward. Scientific research only investigates cause and…
