October 8, 2008

Making Work "Work": Resources for Busy Professionals

Experiencing burnout?

Mike Staver of The Staver Group offers the following tips to avoid burnout:

• Admit to yourself that you're burning out, and that it's a result of the way you invest your energy. Don't blame it on anything or anyone else.
• Don't give up and stop investing energy. Instead, change how and where you invest it.
• Decide what you want, then invest your energy accordingly.
• Tell someone how you're going to change the way you're investing your energy and make sure that person will hold you accountable to your commitment.

If you know certain behaviors drain your energy, align your choices and behaviors with your commitment. Limit your contact with - or at least your investment in - people and activities that deplete you more than they replenish or sustain you.