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Marissa Mayer on burnout: "Burnout is about resentment," she said. "It's about knowing what matters to you so much that if you don't get it that you're resentf

by DenisM 12y ago

Marissa Mayer on burnout: "Burnout is about resentment," she said. "It's about knowing what matters to you so much that if you don't get it that you're resentful." http://www.cnbc.com/id/49060108# http://www.cnbc.com/id/49060108#.

timr 12y ago
Maybe for her.
- pandler 12y ago
  Is that not true for any piece of advice or introspection?
  - timr 12y ago
    Some advice is more generalizable than others.
dlss 12y ago
There's a literature on burnout. Burnout is the qualitative word for stress induced sterility -- ie "Things are so bad that having a child right now would be disastrous" (ie people reporting burnout are usually temporarily sterile, people who are "stressed but happy" are usually not sterile) This is why burnout correlates so strongly with being overworked. Your body is rightly concluding it can't reproduce in your current situation, and gives you a strong prod toward fixing the problem. Apparently Marissa's "resentful meter" correlates strongly with her body's "I can't reproduce in this situation meter". I don't think this is true for most people.
- DarkIye 12y ago
  That's a very interesting theory, but quick googling doesn't bring up anything relating to this correlation you suggest. Do you have any evidence to back up your claim?
  - dlss 12y ago
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=burnout+infertility http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=burnout+infertility and http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=stress+infertility http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=stress+infertility Both have very good data in the top 10 results. If you're looking for a pop sci writeup, I'm not sure if there's a good source.