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apply. This episode is sponsored by SAGE and their AI powered productivity assistant, Sage co-pilot.

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co-pilot. What is up? I'm Grace Beverly and welcome back to Working Hard, the podcast

shape guide book on how to improve your own life and achieve what you actually dreamed of

doing because life's too short for boring podcasts and bad advice.

What is up and welcome back to Working Hard. It is time for another deep dive episode.

And as always, I've done a ton of research and spoken to experts so that you don't have

to sift through all of the self-improvement information out there and end up procrastinating

what you're actually trying to do. These episodes are basically designed to be a shortcut

to theories that could genuinely help to level up your life. They are data-backed. I go into the research and the idea is that you can get them all in in one walk, commute or while doing the dishes. And today, we are talking about a big one, which is burnout. You might feel like you lack motivation or you can't stay consistent or that no matter how much effort you put in, you are never really making progress.

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