Posts Tagged ‘burnout’

How to Keep Burnout at Bay

I write for a number of different publications and websites, largely about the same thing – technology and the Web. Much of what I write follows a fairly similar pattern, and fits into a relatively narrow range of subjects. I love writing that kind of thing, and enjoy doing it every time I sit down to do so.Or at least, I did until about three weeks ago. Then, one morning… Continue reading

March 30 2009 | By David | Tagged: burnout, Productivity, work, writing | 5 comments»

Are you in danger of becoming a workaholic?

I don’t think that anyone sets out with the intention of becoming a workaholic. Nor does it seem likely that most people allow it to happen willingly. Of course, for some, being a workaholic is seen simply as an unfortunate by-product of being successful and wealthy. Yet, even for them, workaholism is likely to destroy much of the pleasure that their wealth and success brings. After all, if you’re… Continue reading

March 5 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: burnout, career, work | 5 comments»

The Onward March of Folly

Despite all of mankind's technological progress, some patterns seem rooted in human behavior. One of these is the tendency to grab for short-term gains and ignore the longer-term consequences, even when those are almost entirely predictable.This attitude has been illustrated this week by the announcement from the Ford Motor Company of still more lay-offs, plant closures, and buy-outs of workers' contracts. For years, Ford's cars have been becoming less popular… Continue reading

September 18 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: burnout, business-ethics, business-fundamentalism, civilized-work, ethics, Management, mission, performance, priorities, Productivity, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, work, work-life | 9 comments»

Thinking About Trust

Trust in other people is one of the foundations for creating a civilized working environment. Many managers are overworked primarily because of a lack of trust. They take on too much themselves, because they don't trust their subordinates to do the work properly. They cannot allocate enough time to their own work, because they don't believe people will put in the required time without constant supervision. They attend pointless meetings… Continue reading

July 31 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: attitude, behavior, boss, burnout, business, businesslife, civilized-work, control, corporate-culture, delegation, discontentment, fear, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Management, manager, micro-management, office-politics, organization, respect, team, teamwork, timemanagement, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance, working, worklife | 3 comments»

Civilizing Corporate Culture

This week, I've been thinking a great deal about what counts as a "civilized" corporate and workplace culture. That's because I'm deep into the editing process with my new book, Slow Leadership: How to Civilize Your Workplace, which will be published this Fall. The more I think about it, the more is seems to me that much of corporate America — much of the Western corporate world, if it comes to that — has taken a large step backwards in recent years in providing truly civilized working conditions. Continue reading

June 12 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, burnout, civilization, civilized-work, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Lifehack, Lifestyle, Management, manager, organization, overwork, prioritization, time, work, work-life, work/life-balance | 3 comments»

Getting Too Intense About Work

It’s easy to get intense about your work. But it’s a major step from there to treating your job with such intensity it starts to take over nearly all of your life. Don’t just shrug off burnout as superstition or think you’re immune. It’s a serious issue that can wreck lives and produce problems for other people as well. Continue reading

May 1 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: burnout, energy, feeling, health, lifebalance, lifehacks, Lifestyle, managememt, overwork, Productivity, stress, work-life, worrying | 5 comments»

Burnout Prevention and Recovery

There is an older article surfaced recently on burnout. It has 12 tips on prevention and recovery of burnout. In addition, the author tried to make some fun on MIT. Have a look the comments like:1. STOP DENYING. Listen to the wisdom of your body. Begin to freely admit the stresses and pressures which have manifested physically, mentally, or emotionally. * MIT VIEW: Work until the physical… Continue reading

April 18 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: burnout, Productivity | 1 comment»

Burnout

Burnout is a state of fatigue or frustration brought about by excessive devotion to a cause, a way of life, or a relationship that fails to produce the expected reward. Put more simply, it's what happens when you work flat out and find you're getting nothing back to make all that effort worthwhile. Continue reading

April 10 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: anxiety, behavior, burnout, health, stress, work-life | 5 comments»