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		stevage 89 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to be a leader when the vibes are off I saw a definition of burnout as the accumulation of thousands of tiny disappointments and it stuck me. If you're always failing to achieve anything despite effort going in, you burn out.

an0malous 89 days ago [–]

Burn out is the same as learned helplessness, which is roughly the formula you’re describing here

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