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Take a Career Break, but Stay In the Game
You got burned out. Your kids needed you. You became a crypto millionaire overnight. Whatever the reason—congrats. Welcome to your career break, length TBD. Time off by choice can be wonderful if you can swing it, a chance to recalibrate
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Your Body Knows You’re Burned Out
Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist at Washington University in St. Louis, knows she’s edging toward burnout when she wakes up, feels instantly angry at her email inbox and doesn’t want to get out of bed.
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Fix Burnout—Without Blowing Up Your Life
The emails are piling up, unread. Deadlines are blown. Once jovial video calls are now tense. You suspect burnout. The feeling is an increasingly common one. In a September survey of nearly 700 professionals by
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Scientists Have Passions Outside the Lab. We Should Embrace That
In August, I contemplated revealing a personal secret about a postdoc in my lab. But before I did, I reached out to the postdoc, Victoria, to ask for permission: “Do you want me do a
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The Real Meaning of Freedom at Work
As the Covid-19 pandemic moves into a new phase, many companies have started insisting that we come back to the office full-time. In response, people are quitting their jobs in droves. Flexibility is now the fastest-rising job
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The ‘Great Realization’ Has Inspired People To Seek Happiness In Their Jobs And Careers
It’s hard to be happy. Right now, parts of the United States are burning with wildfires, hurricanes are hitting the East Coast, the Delta variant is sending people to the hospital and we’re watching the
