Let your ambition light you up — not burn you out | Tarveen Forrester

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Burnout shouldn’t be the price of success, but setting boundaries at work is easier said than done. Tarveen Forrester, who oversees workplace culture at Kickstarter, shares practical strategies for protecting your time and cultivating “sustainable ambition,” so you can crush your goals — without letting them crush you.

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