Burn used in a sentence

Burn in a sentence as a noun

I imagine an Apple lawyer would see Jobs type this up and just burn the whole place to the ground...

"I strongly believe that the idea of laziness leads to burnout.

> "Overwork doesn't burn people out per se, but it's doing that without knowing the things that replenish you.

Reasons:* The commenters who are warning about burnout are right.

That this issue is separate from and parallel to burnout!

I burned myself out once and it took at least 12 years to regain full productivity.

I'd already started to suffer major burn-out / a bit of a breakdown, so I quit.

The paragraphWhen Mayer suspects an employee might burn out, she asks them to find their rhythm.

The best way to prevent burnout is to follow up a serious failure with doing small things that you know are going to work.

And no I didn't burn them I charged my regular rate, but I did work about 18 hours on it in a 24 hour period.

Burn in a sentence as a verb

It looks great in four lines, it crashes and burn on any real sized problem, because you inevitably hit the following sequence:1.

Alternatively, if you are not burned out but also do not have a sense of wonder, it is likely you will never get yourself started on the good work.

"really bothers me. If employee burnout is a regular thing inside your organization, that's a serious issue that needs solving.

If you burn yourself out hard, it will be difficult to be effective at any future job you go to, even if it is ostensibly a wonderful job.

It's one thing to risk burning your own bridges, but it's completely inconsiderate to possibly tarnish the reputation of someone who spoke up on your behalf.

If you are burned out, you might still be able to feel the joy and excitement briefly at the start of a project/idea, but they will fade quickly as the reality of day-to-day work sets in.

Demonstrating this sort of arrogance to Hacker News is probably a good way to burn your bridges at the innumerable employers and business contacts that frequent the site.

Ideally burnout is kind of self-regulating because as your productivity decreases your opportunities decrease as well.

What will burn bridges and what won't?So my question to PG and any other resourceful folks out there is: how do you approach a problem domain in which you know nothing, and manage to gain enough of a map of the territory so that you listen to someone's one-word suggestions and instantly grasp the implications?