To Recover from Burnout, Regain Your Sense of Control

You feel exhausted, ineffective, unaccomplished, and cynical. Maybe you feel like no matter how hard you work, you can never keep up. Or that you can’t make your boss happy no matter how hard you try. And you’re beginning to question your professional situation: Am I in the right job? The right company? The right career?

While these are classic signs of burnout, Elizabeth argues that we often start assigning blame to external circumstances and people rather than taking control of our lives. Here is what she suggests...