How specialization can lead to burn-out : The Indicator from Planet Money
Workers assembling control units for tanks and aircrafts in 1943.
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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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