Burnout almost always leaves a trail. The difficulty is that the signs are easy to ignore. Knowing what to look for and taking it seriously when you see it can significantly change the outcome. There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with looking back at a period of burnout and realizing how many…

Burnout rarely announces itself clearly. Most people don’t recognize it until they are already deep inside it. Understanding how burnout develops, stage by stage, is one of the most useful things you can do. One of the most disorienting things about burnout is that it tends to arrive without a clear beginning. Most people who…