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How Burnout Blunts Your Workday Motivation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how chronic workplace exhaustion erodes motivation, using the real-world example of a senior software engineer who found herself staring at her IDE for forty-five minutes without writing a line of code. They unpack the neuroscience of dopamine and the prefrontal cortex, explain why 'just take a break' advice fails, and introduce the concept of 'micro-recovery'—a practical, evidence-backed technique to rebuild motivation in small increments. Along the way, they discuss the role of autonomy, the 'effort-reward imbalance'…
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