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Sparking Leadership, my weekly series on leading people, plus articles on burnout and the realities of work.


When Burnout Becomes Cynicism
"My problem isn't just getting through the workday. It's that I've stopped believing that it's going to get any better." If that sounds like you, you may be struggling with more than just tiredness - and it's a surprisingly common pattern. The truth is we have been naming #work exhaustion for a long time. In 1869, neurologist George Miller Beard called it neurasthenia, a nervous exhaustion from the pace of modern industrial life. A century later, Herbert Freudenberger gave it

Christina Ioannidou
May 272 min read
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