Of all of the cost cutting measures to come barreling down the pike in healthcare, this latest one has to be the worst and most ominous. If fully implemented, I believe the individuals pushing this new workplace redesign concept will be at least partially responsible for the deaths of not only patients but the persons…
Author: Dr. Burnout
Have You Found Your Big WHY — 7 Reasons for Why Not
I believe everyone would love to find their ultimate purpose in life, their purpose for being, doing what they feel most passionate about. Not everyone will. In fact, most do not. Only about 10 % do. Why? I see people living their entire lives laboring away at work they don’t really enjoy, or even hate,…
9 Guidelines to Help Proactively Manage Job Related Burnout
There isn’t a single industry or profession that doesn’t have a detectable rate of job related burnout. Sure, some are higher than others but job related burnout should be avoided in any profession if at all possible. It is the nature of burnout to make an individual feel as though they are locked into their…
Success or Failure, 9 Vital Steps for Making Good Decisions
There is a general tendency to look at highly successful people and assume they have had an easy time of it. Outwardly, it appears their path to success was a straight line, from the bottom to the top without interruption. For those who have fallen from grace or squandered and lost fortunes, their path appears…
18 Deadly Consequences to Prolonged Stress from Job Burnout
The emotional toll wrought by job related burnout (JRB) has been well described – emotional exhaustion, depersonalization (cynicism) and a lack of a sense of personal accomplishment. These can be devastatingly bad in their own right. But what about the mental, physical and spiritual consequences of JRB? You don’t have to search very far or…