The definition of burnout 😫

2024-03-05 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:34 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, Evidence-based framing

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The WHO's definition of burnout

★★★ Ali says the World Health Organization redefined burnout as an occupational phenomenon marked by energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance from or cynicism about one's job, and reduced professional efficacy. — 00:00:00 · burnout
★★★ By the WHO definition as Ali reads it, burnout is not related to the number of hours you work but to how you feel, an insight that later led him to an epiphany about productivity. — 00:00:00 · burnout

“it isn't related to the number of hours you're working, it's about how you feel.”

Central: burnout · World Health Organization

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)