Burnout explains that one of the challenges that causes burnout is emotions end up getting stuck. We have some influence on how and the degree to which our emotions surface. Emotions are beyond our control but not beyond our influence. You can’t expect others to do the work of healing, you have to do that yourself. The simple truth of the situation is that, no matter who caused you to be in burnout, you’re responsible for getting yourself out of it. The master caution I have for Burnout as a book is that some people may encounter it, excuse their burnout as something that someone else caused, and therefore not try to resolve it. You can address the topic without trying to turn the tables.
From my point of view, you can elevate women without tearing down men. I felt like, at times, the authors were more interested in pointing out the evils of the patriarchy than they were in fixing it or trying to elevate women’s concerns in a way that helps unravel patriarchy. (See Boundaries, Beyond Boundaries, Daring Greatly, and Change or Die for more on victimhood.)īurnout gave me this pause. However, it gives me pause when a marginalized group decides to take a position of victimhood against their perceived oppression. Much of Brené Brown’s work is designed for women as well. Burnout is direct in its admission that it’s designed to be read by women. We speak of a class of people, and we minimize or dehumanize them. When it’s used to separate people, it’s a bad thing. Discriminationĭiscrimination can be a good thing when it’s separating different aspects of something. Having not read it, I picked it up and began a journey. When I asked that question recently, the answer was Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle.
Because I’ve read so many of the classic and contemporary books on the topic, I have begun to ask which one, believing that I may have read it. People now casually mention that a friend of theirs is reading a book on burnout.
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