Author: Dr. Burnout

Professional burnout takes it’s toll on everyone – the individual, the organization, coworkers, the families of the affected. No one is left out in the immediate vicinity of those afflicted. Burnout is a personal tragedy and a professional disaster. Few people are even able to adequately explain how they feel when suffering from burnout. Some…

If you are burned out, you’re paralyzed. Or, nearly so. I should know. I’ve been burned out. I felt overwhelmed by my job, with all of its demands and responsibilities. At the same time I felt under whelmed by my job, which I no longer found exciting or even interesting. All the good had been…

If you have ever tried to get a business off the ground or have been burned out, in need of making some necessary changes to improve your situation, then you have probably used some of the same words and phrases I am going to review in today’s post. I know I have used every single…

If there is one thing I have learned with absolute certainty in my profession is being a physician is awesome when it’s awesome. Alternatively, becoming an alcoholic and later a burned out physician sucks. One day I realized I was burned out. I decided to take stock, reevaluate my life and make some needed changes….

You have seen and probably admired people with true passion. Perhaps you stood by in envy or awe and wondered about the source of their passion. Perhaps you are one of the passionate people and already know. For most of my life, I was not one of those people. I spent most of my life…