The End of Burnout

Teaching in Higher Ed

Jonathan Malesic shares about his book, The End of Burnout, on episode 395 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The data seems to suggest that around half of workers are somewhere on the burnout spectrum.
-Jonathan Malesic

In our culture we put a lot of expectations on work to fufill us.
-Jonathan Malesic

We need to see work as the support to whatever is at the center of our lives.
-Jonathan Malesic

Resources

• The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives, by Jonathan Malesic
• Are We All Really Burning Out: Academic Burnout is Real – But Difficult to Diagnose, by Jonathan Malesic for The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Christina Maslach
• O.C. Berkley Faculty Page: Christina Maslach
• How to Measure Burnout Accurately and Ethically, by Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter
• Paraphrasing Alain de Botton: Writing a book is like telling a joke and then waiting two years to find out if anyone thought it was funny
• The Parking Lot movie
• Miya Tokumitsu’s book: Do What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness
• Ruha Benjamin
• Kate Bowler
• Fake Buddha Quotes
• “You don’t have to like it. That’s why it’s called work” George Malesic 1933-2018