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MANAGING-BURNOUT5 MIN READ

Sort the Symptoms: Exhaustion, Cynicism, or Efficacy Dip

Classify common burnout symptoms into the Maslach dimensions.

Sort each symptom into the burnout dimension it most strongly represents. Exhaustion Cynicism Reduced efficacy Simple work takes longer because your attention keeps collapsing You catch yourself talking about customers or coworkers like burdens instead of people You finish work and still feel like nothing useful was accomplished You need more recovery time after normal meetings than you used to You start using sarcasm or numbness to get through routine requests Even completed tasks do not feel competent or meaningful You dread opening one more message because your system feels overdrawn You assume effort will not matter because nobody will…

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