Burnout costs more than prevention

Miller surveyed startup leaders who had experienced burnout, asking them to estimate the financial cost to their company.

The median response was a hundred thousand dollars, which I imagine is more than most people would think. And most people aren't actively investing in burnout insurance.

At least 50% to 60% of tech employees who have been in the saddle, so to speak, for a minimum of five to seven years, they're experiencing some form of psychological and emotional distress. It may be minor enough such that they think it's just day-to-day anxiety, but it's often much more significant than people realize because it creeps up on you slowly and then all of a sudden it hits you quickly.

"Adaptations" refers to psychological coping mechanisms or behavioral patterns developed in response to early life experiences or trauma.

These adaptations, if you're unaware of them and if you're unaware of the subconscious drivers that are responsible for them, they run the risk that they go too far, and that these adaptations, which were initially beneficial to you and to your life, they reverse course in a sense, and they become detrimental to your present state and your future development.