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Burnout isn't a discipline problem
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Most burnout conversations start in the wrong place. Someone's struggling, so the advice goes personal. Rest more. Protect your time. Build better habits. And look — none of that is useless. But if the system someone is working inside was never designed with creative capacity in mind, personal discipline is a patch, not a fix. The newest issue of The Edit is about the design problem nobody names. Specifically: burnout lives at every level of the hierarchy, and so does the responsibility for preventing it. What a senior copywriter owns. What a leader owns. And why neither one is sufficient without the other. If you manage creatives, lead a team, or just feel like you've been quietly tolerating more than you should — this one's worth your time. Read: Preventing Creative Burnout Matt P.S. If your creative operation is showing signs of strain (e.g., output is inconsistent, your team is stretched, or you're not sure where the real friction is, etc.), that's exactly what I help agency owners and department leads work through. You can book a consulting call here: tally.so/r/ZjVV9A |
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