What’s the difference between being busy and being productive? Would you be better at your job if you cared a little less? And can somebody get Mike a cup of coffee?
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God, there's so many basketball games.
Why do they play so many games?
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mon, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
Are you experiencing burnout?
You are working yourself to the bone.
You can't give any more than you're giving, and yet there's no return on investment.
Mike, I'm going to read you a question from a listener with a beautiful name of winter.
It's a great name.
Who raises a question that I think quite literally every one of us has asked in some way or another.
She says, how do you avoid overworking yourself?
I'd like to be more productive and hardworking.
But after having been a physician for ten years, I have often felt exhausted and frustrated.
I've even taken some time off work, fearing I might be getting burned out.