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Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron de Smet

Burnout is attacking our brains and making it harder to excel at work. ‘Deliberate calm’ can help us adapt

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We’ve all learned to be resilient. The pandemic taught us that if nothing else. We’ve learned to get back up after a setback, to keep pressing forward, put in the time, do the work, and carry on. That’s no longer enough.

Think back to a couple of weeks before your last vacation. You were trying to wrap up a million projects at work before heading out while juggling shopping, travel plans, and perhaps even feeling sick. Your attention was divided as you bounced from task to task. You might have lost your temper, forgotten recent conversations, or slept poorly.

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