Avoiding Burnout in 4 Lessons
14 April 2014
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Le burn-out, this modern-day illness that particularly affects young graduates, this professional exhaustion experienced by 1 in 5 people in Europe... How can it be avoided? Are there ways to protect oneself, to preserve oneself while remaining a good team member?
Here are 4 interesting ideas.
1. Knowing how to manage your time
What does this nice expression "knowing how to manage your time" mean? Is it simply the noble ability to accomplish one's daily tasks and duties? Can we say that time is "mastered" as soon as the professional objectives of the day/week/month are achieved?
It seems that it is slightly less simple. Indeed, managing your time also means being able to discuss your workload with your manager in order not to accept too much of that of other colleagues, for example. Knowing how to delegate, too, very often. The same applies to what is requested during the day: it is interesting to ask yourself, namely "is this to be done immediately; is feedback really expected within the hour, within the day or later"?
2. Knowing how to say no
Yes, it is true that it is not easy to know how to say "no". However, it is essential to succeed in doing so, as it is the best way to increase one's efficiency, and therefore one's value in the eyes of everyone and of oneself, of course. Delimiting the contours of one's action is a priority for anyone who wants to work in the right direction. Offering one's help is only positive if and only if it is not an additional source of stress and/or exhaustion. This should in no way prevent one from assuming one's own responsibilities.
Why not reconsider, with your manager, your various ongoing projects, in order to be able to identify those that are undeniably priorities?
3. Knowing how to be realistic
There is no need to play Don Quixote and chase after chimeras. Only the objectives that have a chance of seeing a happy outcome should concern you. It is absolutely necessary to avoid wasting your time and scattering yourself in actions that do not bear fruit. This can only lead to discouragement and overwork. It is wise, here again, to review with your manager the points, files and projects that cannot have a positive outcome. Prioritizing tasks can also prove judicious and save you precious time and considerable energy.
4. Knowing how to rest
This seems silly to remind you. Yet, some people wait to be completely exhausted to give themselves a real break and find some serenity outside the professional framework.
It is recommended to plan and book your leave well in advance, which has two significant positive aspects: allowing the team to organize themselves in advance and to function without you for a while, but also allowing you to put everything in order before your well-deserved break and to finish everything in order to be able to leave with peace of mind.
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Here are 4 interesting ideas.
1. Knowing how to manage your time
What does this nice expression "knowing how to manage your time" mean? Is it simply the noble ability to accomplish one's daily tasks and duties? Can we say that time is "mastered" as soon as the professional objectives of the day/week/month are achieved?
It seems that it is slightly less simple. Indeed, managing your time also means being able to discuss your workload with your manager in order not to accept too much of that of other colleagues, for example. Knowing how to delegate, too, very often. The same applies to what is requested during the day: it is interesting to ask yourself, namely "is this to be done immediately; is feedback really expected within the hour, within the day or later"?
2. Knowing how to say no
Yes, it is true that it is not easy to know how to say "no". However, it is essential to succeed in doing so, as it is the best way to increase one's efficiency, and therefore one's value in the eyes of everyone and of oneself, of course. Delimiting the contours of one's action is a priority for anyone who wants to work in the right direction. Offering one's help is only positive if and only if it is not an additional source of stress and/or exhaustion. This should in no way prevent one from assuming one's own responsibilities.
Why not reconsider, with your manager, your various ongoing projects, in order to be able to identify those that are undeniably priorities?
3. Knowing how to be realistic
There is no need to play Don Quixote and chase after chimeras. Only the objectives that have a chance of seeing a happy outcome should concern you. It is absolutely necessary to avoid wasting your time and scattering yourself in actions that do not bear fruit. This can only lead to discouragement and overwork. It is wise, here again, to review with your manager the points, files and projects that cannot have a positive outcome. Prioritizing tasks can also prove judicious and save you precious time and considerable energy.
4. Knowing how to rest
This seems silly to remind you. Yet, some people wait to be completely exhausted to give themselves a real break and find some serenity outside the professional framework.
It is recommended to plan and book your leave well in advance, which has two significant positive aspects: allowing the team to organize themselves in advance and to function without you for a while, but also allowing you to put everything in order before your well-deserved break and to finish everything in order to be able to leave with peace of mind.
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