The most common advice to deal with burnout boils down to “take a break,” but no matter how helpful taking a break might be, its benefits are short-lived. This type of advice overlooks a critical aspect of burnout: If you keep going back to the things causing burnout, then you’ll keep burning out.

This is why taking a vacation feels good in the moment but does little to actually help you recover from burnout. As soon as your vacation is over, you return to the exact same environment as the exact same person, which led to your burnout in the first place.

What if you could use a break to actually recover from burnout and return to work better than when you left? You can. Here’s how…

We’re much better at problem-solving when we’re calm and in a proactive mindset than when we’re in a........

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