There are few conditions as exhausting—and common—as burnout. Even though no one is safe from it, one group of people—perfectionists—are at particular peril, according to Dr. Gordon Parker, lead author of the recent book "Burnout: A Guide to Identifying Burnout and Pathways to Recovery." Plant the seed of work-related stress in the soil of the perfectionist personality, and burnout is likely to sprout. “The individual brings predisposing behavioral factors to the table, and then a stressful event or events brings on a first episode,” Parker says. The good news is that perfectionism is not an intractable trait. While telling perfectionists to lower their personal standards for workplace performance is not likely to change much, a sort of cognitive reshifting of those standards is possible. Tap the link into our bio to learn how perfectionism leads to burnout, and what to do about it. Illustration by @solcotti for TIME