Burnout Is a Sign You're Doing the Wrong Work | Jonathan Fields
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What is the main question we’re trying to answer about life and work?
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Make sure to follow right now to stay up to date on the latest and greatest. Welcome back, everyone, to the School of Greeners podcast. Very excited about our guest, my friend, Jonathan Fields, in the
house.
Pumped to see you, man. Me too. Appreciate you. Excited to have you back on. And this is all about asking ourselves and answering, what should I do with my life? And I think... That's what we're here to do is to figure out what should I be doing with my life and what should I be doing with my life right now, specifically after everything that's happened in the world in the last couple of years. And I saw a stat in a recent report from Indeed that found that employee burnout is on the rise and 52% of all workers are feeling burned out. So almost half the workforce is feeling burned out. Why do you think we're seeing this rise in burnout and what do you think we can do about it to start living in a more intentional life that you talk about here?
Yeah, it is such a fascinating question. And you're right. We're in this moment right now that is we haven't experienced before. You know, there's been this underlying dissatisfaction with the way that we spend a third of our life, like most of our waking hours for most people. People have pointed to a lot of different reasons for it. Maybe we'll dive into some of that. But the recent focus on burnout is really fascinating because you're right, like that is one stat. There are tons of other stats. Like everybody is talking about this and everyone's trying to figure out what's underneath it. And there's some kind of obvious things, right? There's the fact that when we kind of annihilated the separation between work and home, in terms of like the actual physical setup.
It's all
happening. It's work
and home. Right. So people, you know, used to have a much easier time creating boundaries. You know, they're sort of like, okay, so I'm leaving the place where I do that thing called work. Even though the boundaries have been blurred a lot more in the recent years through technology, there was still some level of boundary. And now when it all exists in one space, and most people... They never learned how to create that boundary within the same space. It's a whole different thing. And then you pile on an existential crisis, a global health crisis, extreme stress and anxiety about well-being. And we don't have the cognitive bandwidth to actually figure out how to remake our work world in a way that actually allows us to breathe.
And so I think that's part of it. And I think that's what a lot of people are pointing to. They're like, basically, it's the conflation of everything happening in one place, the demands of the workplace not going away, and people not being structured and set up and having the systems and process and boundaries to do it. I think that's not the whole story. Because I think we're pointing to that. But what I think we're missing is the fact that this is not a new problem. It's been exacerbated for sure. But burnout has been on the rise on every survey, every bit of research that I've seen for the last 10 to 15 years. So this is just kind of bringing it to the surface because it was the perfect storm of circumstance.
But it's been going on for a long time. And I think there's an underlying issue. And that is... that the average person tends to wake up in the morning and go to do something that is not necessarily well aligned with the fundamental impulse for work that would nourish them in a deeper way.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main question we’re trying to answer about life and work?
0:02–4:54
2
Why are burnout rates climbing and what does the data say?
4:54–7:41
3
How did a life‑threatening illness become a wake‑up call for change?
7:41–11:43
4
What physical symptoms signal that my work or relationships are out of alignment?
11:43–16:10
5
What is a Sparketype and how can it reveal my unique work imprint?
16:10–22:05
6
Which Sparketype am I and what does my primary, shadow, and anti‑Sparketype look like?
22:05–40:36
7
How can I eliminate non‑essential tasks to multiply my time and energy?
40:36–53:03
8
What are the final three truths for living a great, purpose‑filled life?
53:03–1:08:13
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