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Burned.

Finding Joy • 98 implied HN points • 11 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Workplace Health
  1. Burnout is a serious issue that has negative consequences for individuals, businesses, and the public.
  2. Burnout manifests through emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished sense of personal accomplishment.
  3. To address burnout, individuals can set boundaries, prioritize sleep, pause, say no, make friends outside of work, delegate, and disconnect; while organizations can engage with empathy, set an example, connect people to purpose, provide autonomy, avoid recreating pain, support employee wellbeing practically, and invest in good leadership.

Russell Glass (CEO, Headspace Health)

The Takeoff • 59 implied HN points • 17 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Workplace Health
  1. Meditation helps to de-stigmatize mental health by making it more accessible and reframing the issue.
  2. Headspace Health has partnered with major healthcare providers like Cigna and Kaiser Permanente to expand access to mental health services.
  3. Creating a platform that combines mindfulness, therapy, and medication can provide significant value to employers and drive engagement.

Take a break

Klement on Investing • 2 implied HN points • 05 Dec 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Workplace Health
  1. Breaks framed as happening between tasks reduce stress and stop you from ruminating, so you can mentally switch off.
  2. That benefit appears whether the break is expected or surprising and even if the task is just mentally split, meaning how you frame the break matters more than its exact timing.
  3. Break big tasks into smaller chunks and take a break after each chunk to get a sense of accomplishment and improve performance when you return.

TWH#55: Human Battery Drain

The Hagakure • 35 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Workplace Health
  1. Human energy is hard to measure but important to manage in workplaces.
  2. Threats, constant context switching, and a workplace bias towards extroverts can drain human energy.
  3. Recognizing and addressing these energy drains can prevent burnout and help employees reach their full potential.

GRANTED: Burnout is everyone's problem

Granted • 19 implied HN points • 17 Mar 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Workplace Health
  1. Burnout is not just a personal issue, it is influenced by the circumstances in the workplace.
  2. To reduce burnout, the demand-control-support model is effective: lessen job demands, provide more control, and increase support.
  3. A feeling of daily progress, even through small wins, is key to combatting burnout.
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