Burnout is caused by one thing, extreme effort with a lack of reward. Imagine for a second that you live off of cookies. And you have 10 cookies. Working on a task takes three cookies of energy and finishing it pays you two cookies. If you do this repeatedly, then eventually you will run out of cookies. Human energy is the same. If you do work that requires a lot of energy and you don't get much energy from the work, then eventually you will run out. You have to learn how to pick things that bui