Before he became a professor, jonathan melesse enjoyed a work place so remarkable for its non burnt out vives that there is an entire documentary about it. We'll hear more about this work place and what it can teach us about reducing burn out when the happiness lab returns in a moment. When we get back from the rake, we'll learn that jonathan didn't always have a job that caused a crisis of identity or purpose.
If you dread getting out of bed in the morning; if you are bad tempered with co-workers, clients or customers; if you leave work feeling an exhaustion that goes way beyond tiredness... it could be that you're burned out.
Jonathan Malesic felt all these things as a successful academic, and reflected wistfully on his previous job working as a parking lot attendant. Could it be that taking a high status, high paying job was making him miserable and pushing him beyond the limits of his endurance? Jonathan shares what he learned about burnout while researching his bookThe End Of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us, And How To Build Better Lives.
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