Avoiding Burnout in 3 Lessons
18 February 2013
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"Burnout" (from the verb "burn out" in English)? What is it...?
It is a modern syndrome, a syndrome of professional, physical and psychological exhaustion: overwork, loss of motivation, stress, saturation, depression...
How to escape it...?
1. Learn not to wait until you are stressed.
There are two identifiable forms of "burnout":
- the one that could be called "frenetic type", which is characterized by professional relentlessness, a chronic struggle, a real addiction to work, which denies personal needs, both physical and psychological.
- and the one that could be called "depressive type", which is characterized, conversely, by a total loss of motivation, of taste for work, which manifests itself by the famous: "I can't do it anymore", linked to the feeling of exceeding, of inability to assume, to cope with one's responsibilities.
In both cases, it is a matter of reacting beforehand, of preventing this stress, which sends warning messages. It is therefore necessary to take care of it seriously, before it takes care of you: listen to your body and the signals it constantly sends to say to stop, slow down, take a step back, relativize, take a break or leave your job...
2. Learn to manage and channel your stress.
Various techniques exist to channel and control overwhelming stress: think of sports, in general. Yoga, relaxation and breathing exercises remain essential in this matter…
Athletes train their bodies, teach them how to adapt in order to be able to cope with physical and mental constraints. The same applies here. It is simply a matter of making more flexible and strengthening one's resistance to an environment that is sometimes complex to manage emotionally and physically.
Obviously, another necessity must be regularly recalled to the individual: to decompress, relax, take real breaks, allow oneself a deep break from professional effort, cut off, switch off, rest and recover... To recharge and be more efficient, centered, concentrated.
Moreover, managing your stress also means improving the management of your emotions and your communication with others. No well-being is truly possible, in a company, without positive interaction with one's environment.
3. Learn to organize yourself.
Organizing oneself is not a detail but a true mental education, a gymnastics of the mind, which -like the rest- is learned and put in place, slowly. Knowing how to identify priorities, according to who you are and what you can do, without falling into harmful excess, that is what can be called organization and this undoubtedly involves a profound rebalancing between professional and private life.
Managing your stress on a daily basis means having integrated "the spirit of measure", it means knowing how to go for it but stopping in time, learning to say "no" when it seems essential, knowing how to take the time to recharge your batteries… It is managing and administering your resources and skills to the best of your ability, and not just those you use in a purely technical context….
Posted on February 18, 2013
The ReKrute.com team
It is a modern syndrome, a syndrome of professional, physical and psychological exhaustion: overwork, loss of motivation, stress, saturation, depression...
How to escape it...?
1. Learn not to wait until you are stressed.
There are two identifiable forms of "burnout":
- the one that could be called "frenetic type", which is characterized by professional relentlessness, a chronic struggle, a real addiction to work, which denies personal needs, both physical and psychological.
- and the one that could be called "depressive type", which is characterized, conversely, by a total loss of motivation, of taste for work, which manifests itself by the famous: "I can't do it anymore", linked to the feeling of exceeding, of inability to assume, to cope with one's responsibilities.
In both cases, it is a matter of reacting beforehand, of preventing this stress, which sends warning messages. It is therefore necessary to take care of it seriously, before it takes care of you: listen to your body and the signals it constantly sends to say to stop, slow down, take a step back, relativize, take a break or leave your job...
2. Learn to manage and channel your stress.
Various techniques exist to channel and control overwhelming stress: think of sports, in general. Yoga, relaxation and breathing exercises remain essential in this matter…
Athletes train their bodies, teach them how to adapt in order to be able to cope with physical and mental constraints. The same applies here. It is simply a matter of making more flexible and strengthening one's resistance to an environment that is sometimes complex to manage emotionally and physically.
Obviously, another necessity must be regularly recalled to the individual: to decompress, relax, take real breaks, allow oneself a deep break from professional effort, cut off, switch off, rest and recover... To recharge and be more efficient, centered, concentrated.
Moreover, managing your stress also means improving the management of your emotions and your communication with others. No well-being is truly possible, in a company, without positive interaction with one's environment.
3. Learn to organize yourself.
Organizing oneself is not a detail but a true mental education, a gymnastics of the mind, which -like the rest- is learned and put in place, slowly. Knowing how to identify priorities, according to who you are and what you can do, without falling into harmful excess, that is what can be called organization and this undoubtedly involves a profound rebalancing between professional and private life.
Managing your stress on a daily basis means having integrated "the spirit of measure", it means knowing how to go for it but stopping in time, learning to say "no" when it seems essential, knowing how to take the time to recharge your batteries… It is managing and administering your resources and skills to the best of your ability, and not just those you use in a purely technical context….
Posted on February 18, 2013
The ReKrute.com team
