Half of all workers are showing signs of burnout according to a survey of international workers. Burnout can come from feeling detached from your work's purpose, having too much work, or ... from specialization. Today on the show, we speak with Shigehiro Oishi, author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740022/life-in-three-dimensions-by-shigehiro-oishi-phd/">Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life</a>. Related episodes: Is endless vacation a scam? (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NrgvlDKhqZBNEZNWbEHM4?si=5d238f8bf7ca4202">Apple</a> / <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NrgvlDKhqZBNEZNWbEHM4?si=fd67aaca1d914c44">Spotify</a>) <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/07/24/426017148/episode-641-why-we-work-so-much">Why we work so much</a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/">plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/g-s1-26724/sierra-juarez">Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/">Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money">Newsletter</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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