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Why You Cannot Stop Doing (And What Your Exhaustion Is Actually About)

  1. Hook slide — Why You Cannot Stop Doing (And What Your Exhaustion Is Actually About)

    Why You Cannot Stop Doing (And What Your Exhaustion Is Actually About)

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  2. The insight — The over-functioning that accompanies self-abandonment is not simply a work ethic issue or ambition. It is a survival...

    The over-functioning that accompanies self-abandonment is not simply a work ethic issue or ambition. It is a survival...

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  3. The truth — Why You Cannot Stop Doing (And What Your Exhaustion Is Actually About)

    The truth about why you cannot stop doing (and what your exhaustion is actually about)

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  4. Key takeaway — The over-functioning that accompanies self-abandonment is not simply a work ethic issue or ambition. It is a survival...

    The over-functioning that accompanies self-abandonment is not simply a work ethic issue or ambition. It is a survival...

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  5. Read more at nikitadatar.com

    Read the full piece at nikitadatar.com

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The over-functioning that accompanies self-abandonment is not simply a work ethic issue or ambition. It is a survival strategy: the attempt to earn safety through indispensability.

 

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