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Motivation & Drive - Overcoming Burnout and Fatigue
This episode explores the difference between ordinary tiredness and deeper burnout, showing why chronic exhaustion cannot always be solved by simply pushing harder. Drawing on Christina Maslach’s burnout research, Matthew Walker’s work on sleep, Sabine Sonnentag’s studies on psychological detachment, and the Job Demands–Resources model by Arnold Bakker and Evangelia Demerouti, it explains how high demands combined with insufficient recovery can gradually reduce motivation, focus, and effectiveness.
The episode also highlights perfectionism, self-compassion, energy management, and the…
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