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How specialization can lead to burn-out

Category: Business
Duration: 00:09:28
Publish Date: 2025-03-24 07:00:59
Description: Half of all workers are showing signs of burnout according to a survey of international workers. Burnout can come from feeling detached from your work's purpose, having too much work, or ... from specialization. Today on the show, we speak with Shigehiro Oishi, author of Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life.

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