To Cope with Stress, Try Learning Something New

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People often handle stress in one of two ways: they buckle down or they retreat. But a third option, focusing on learning, could be more helpful.

revealed that residents who thought their team engaged in more learning behavior reported significantly lower levels of burnout. This correlation between team learning and reduced burnout was especially pronounced for residents who reported lower levels of—meaning these residents were not already approaching their work with an eye towards learning.

Alongside purely relaxing breaks — either short ones like meditating or longer ones like taking days off — consider recasting learning itself as a break from your routine tasks at work. This might seem like a mere mental rebranding, but if a learning activity allows you to divert from the type of effort you use in regular work activities , and if the activity alsoreplenish you psychologically.

 

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