As a performance coach, I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that phrase, especially since the pandemic arrived. However, half the time after having gone through the particulars, I find myself concluding that the person was not burning out, at least not in the way burnout is traditionally defined.
I wasn’t sure what was occuring, but I knew the problem needed to be addressed. According to a recent New York Times article, “We Have All Hit a Wall,” 34 percent of respondents in a study of 2,651 people reported feeling burnt out, 22 percent said they were depressed and 37 percent reported feeling stressed.
