Three ways overwork warps your perspective

About this episode

This episode discusses how overwork and exhaustion can distort your perspective and offers solutions to address these issues.

Are you fine? Is your job fine? Or are you too tired to tell? Three ways exhaustion warps your perspective—and how to fix it. Stuff referred to in this episode: * The importance of rest: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/prioritize-rest * It's often the reaction, not the stuff: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/its-the-reaction-not-the-stuff-f74 * Imposter syndrome: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/imposter * When to leaver a job: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/leaving-job * Tired, exhausted, or burned out? https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/tired-exhausted-burned-out Are you getting the emails? Great Work's an email as well as a podcast, with podcast embedded in the emails, so you can choose to read or listen. Sign up (free, easy to unsubscribe) here: https://www.adamsandell.com/newsletter . Feedback If you’re willing—you can answer just two questions and it helps me improve this! https://www.adamsandell.com/survey This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letter.adamsandell.com

People in this episode

Host: Adam Sandell

Topics covered

• overwork
• perspective
• exhaustion
• rest
• imposter syndrome
• job satisfaction

Keywords

• overwork
• exhaustion
• perspective
• rest
• imposter syndrome
• job
• burnout

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