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How Burnout Changes Your Relationship with Feedback
In this episode of The Burnout Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a subtle but powerful shift: how burnout rewires your relationship with feedback. They look at why constructive criticism starts to feel like a personal attack, how a tired brain misreads neutral comments as hostile, and what that means for performance reviews and everyday check-ins. Using a real study from a large tech firm that found a 40 percent drop in feedback receptivity among burned-out employees, they break down the neuroscience behind the defensiveness spiral and offer practical ways to rebuild a healthier feedback loop…
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