Burnout: What It Actually Is and How to Recover
43% of U.S. employees report burnout (Gallup) — rest alone won't fix it. It's a meaning and control problem, not just exhaustion, with its own recovery path.
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Burnout, Depression, or Exhaustion? How to Tell Them Apart
In one study, up to 90% of burned-out workers met criteria for depression. Exhaustion answers to rest, burnout is job-shaped, depression follows everywhere.
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