Our startup team is always 'on' and we wear it like a badge of honor but three people have burned out in six months and we still can't slow down because clients expect instant responses. We know we're unsustainable but we're afraid that setting boundaries will make us look unprofessional or lose business.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group must choose between maintaining the illusion of constant availability and acknowledging the human cost of fractured attention.
“Where Are You with The attention economy examined?”
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