Which do you share most often in everyday conversation, your strengths or your fears? Your answer will depend on your state of mind. If you are burning out, burned out or still smoldering you are most likely sharing your fears because that will be your mindset. If you are fully engaged in life, living each…
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How to say NO without saying no.
We have all done this before, put too much on our plate by honoring too many requests for our time. I know I have. Perhaps you have as well. It’s because we want to be helpful and we hate to say no to anyone who asks for our help. This particular trait is a major…
There are two sides to the “become willing” coin.
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…
Becoming me.
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…
Useful Word Substitutes and Phrases – A tongue in cheek look at the ridiculous things we say.
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…