How specialization can lead to burn-out

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  NPR.

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  Burnout is this huge issue in the workforce and obviously one of the biggest contributors to burnout is having too much work.

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  Another large one is feeling detached from the work's purpose.

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  But there may be another, less recognised force adding to burnout specialization.

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  Shige Uishi is a psychology professor at the University of Chicago.

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  Specialization is great for your productivity, efficiency and perhaps profit,

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  but there seems to be some psychological cost.

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  This is the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  Today on the show, could efficiency lead to burnout?

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  We speak with a leading psychologist who is redefining what the good life means and how that could mean different decisions in the workplace or in your home projects.

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  Are we overlooking the challenges facing men without college degrees?

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  Richard Reeves thinks so.

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  There are a lot of guys out there who are actually poorer than their dads.

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  Reeves heads the American Institute for Boys and Men.

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  Have we updated our view about the role of men as quickly as we've changed the economy around them?

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  And the answer is no.

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  a look at the economic and cultural struggles of working class men.

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