Overcoming Burnout

Episode Nine - When Hard Work Stops Working

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You can lift it. But should you? This episode explores the hidden cost of capability—how strength, hustle, and good intentions can trap us in outdated versions of success. Featuring utopian French socialists Etienne Cabet, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and one very tired admissions officer, we look at the shift from doing the work… to defining the work.

 

Music: Theme: Smooth Chill Jazz by ⁠⁠⁠AllWorldMusic⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay

Intermission: Jungle Waves by DIMMYSAD from Pixabay

Outro: Vintage Rock by DIMMYSAD from Pixabay

 

Your Host: John Fialkowski

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Written By: John Fialkowski

Published: June 19th, 2025

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