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Burnout and Sustainable Pace

Defines burnout as the specific syndrome of exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced sense of efficacy that results from chronic, unresolved work stress, distinguishing it from ordinary fatigue. Explains why matching job demands to available resources predicts burnout risk better than workload alone. Used to design work rhythms that hold up over months rather than sprint-and-crash cycles.

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Maslach on Burnout as Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Inefficacy

Christina Maslach, creator of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, explains burnout as a specific three-part syndrome driven by chronic job-demand/resource mismatch, not ordinary tiredness.