Change Won’t Happen the Way You Think
Each time I’m invited to give a presentation on burnout, one of the inevitable questions in the Q&A that follows is, “What exactly are the stages of burnout?” I can understand why people ask this question. Human brains need frameworks to hang concepts on. And anyone who has taken a Psychology 101 class was trained in [read more]
What If There’s Nothing Wrong With You?
I’m not the first person to ask this question. Susan Henkels has been asking for years. But I ask the question here because the perception that there’s something wrong with you has a lot to do with burnout, and a certain type of marketer has been on a campaign for a long time to convince you [read more]
Psst… Everything is Made Up!
There was a TV show in the late 90s that I probably watched about twice, a workplace comedy based on a fictional fashion company called Veronica’s Closet. I barely remember it, but there was a single joke in a single episode that has stuck with me for years. A character makes up a word in a [read more]
The Linear Progress Myth: Why Taking a Break Isn’t Losing Momentum
As a high school senior, I had a few people in my circle who were planning to take a gap year, and this plan was usually met with alarm. The most commonly held view was something like, "If you quit now, you’ll never go back." There’s certain amount of momentum involved, the argument goes, and if [read more]
Four Mindset Shifts to Combat Productivity Guilt
There’s a moment that happens right when you walk through the door at the end of the day, or maybe as you shut down your work computer or pull into the driveway after picking the kids up. You’re looking forward to finally relaxing for a moment, taking a walk, shutting your brain off, maybe watching an [read more]
Better Than New Years Resolutions: Three Alternatives
Every year, January brings an explosion of discussion around resolutions and goals. I get it. There’s an exciting energy in the start of a new year that we want to harness. But most of the time, the way we handle this sets us up for feeling disappointed and guilty by February. Some pitfalls that seem to [read more]
How to Hibernate During a Busy Season
If your neighborhood is anything like mine, the Christmas lights seem to come out right about when Daylight Savings ends. It’s clear we collectively dislike the dark! Some can’t wait to get the holiday season started while others roll their eyes. Either way, the ever-expanding season has many of us feeling the urge to hibernate (an [read more]
Why Burnout is Contagious (and What We Can Do About It)
I’ve worked in a few high burnout, high turnover environments. Most memorably, I was once part of a department that lost 75% of its people in about 3 months, and those who stayed were openly looking for new jobs. A lot of us have war stories about what it’s like to be in that situation, and [read more]
Decline Invitations to Burnout
I recently read Aja Hammerly’s article on the phrase, “We don’t do that here,” which she explains is one of her magic phrases, or multipurpose interpersonal tools for setting culture and defusing the reflexive defensiveness people often feel when they’re corrected. [read more]
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