BITESIZE | Break Free From Burnout: How to Work Less and Get More Done | Cal Newport #548

Welcome to Feel Better, Live More Bite-size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend. Today's clip is from episode 466 of the podcast with professor of computer science and best-selling author Cal Newport. In today's fast-paced world, the pursuit of productivity often leads to overwhelm. And in this clip, Carl shares some actional advice that can help you reclaim your time, reduce stress, and find a more balanced approach to work and life. A recent report in the UK suggested that 88% of UK workers

have experienced some degree of burnout over the past two years. What do you think an alarming statistic like that says about the state of society? It says about the state of knowledge work that is broken, right? If you get annoyed by how much time you spend with email, If the word zoom generates mixed emotions, you're probably a knowledge worker.

Yeah. If you're, if you're working a lot, but you're working on something that's tangible and meaningful, it's not going to burn you out. What what's burning people out is the fact that they're busier than they've ever been before, but they feel like they're producing much less. So what's going to burn you out is four or five hours of Zoom meetings plus 125 emails sent and received and yet the important report the piece of software the product strategy you're trying to put together nothing's happening there right it's almost like a psychological experiment we're gonna have you spend your entire day talking about work

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