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Working hard and dedication to your job is important, but too many extra hours can actually backfire, leading to decreased productivity and chronic stress.

Though not yet an official medical condition, job burnout is the greatest challenge to the global health system and stress-related symptoms are expected to get worse as the workplace becomes more global and competitive.

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If you experience the following signs that we’ve compiled from studies and research, you may be heading toward job burnout and should reconsider your work-life balance.

1. You can’t concentrate.

Chronic physical and mental exhaustion can lead to various cognitive problems, such as an inability to concentrate, hold attention, and remember things.You’ll find that it’s harder to get things done and you simply can’t keep up the way you used to.

David Ballard from The American Psychological Association says that our brains are only designed to handle stress in short bursts before returning to normal, so “when stress becomes chronic, this narrow focus continues for a long time and we have difficulty paying attention to other things.”