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A Job is Not a Job
It only happened on Mondays. Sometimes I escaped the unpleasant ritual. But, more often than not, right before boarding I threw up in the ladies room of the train station. It wasn't the commute I hated. It was the job. The reasons don't matter why...
Clearing a Path for Happiness
In the United States, the pursuit of happiness is a god-given right and Americans have a document to prove it. But I wonder why the Founding Fathers deliberately phrased it, ‘the pursuit of happiness’, as if to say --- happiness in itself cannot...
Selling from your Heart
Are you a Solopreneur, a Small Business Owner, a Helping Professional, or a Creative who is tired of trying to figure out how to sell yourself and your services without feeling uncomfortable or pushy?
If so, you are not alone! Many of us have...
Trend Setting: How Office Art Improves Productivity
Does the way your employees perceive their physical work environment have an impact on their job performance? You bet your break room it does! In a recent study conducted by the Business Committee for the Arts, in collaboration with the...
Where Do Average People Find Business Success?
At some point, the realization becomes painfully clear. Chances are, it may have hit you at some time or another. You wake up in the night with a cold sweat... you realize it as you drive to work, stuck in a traffic jam at 9am; as you receive the...
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Ten Ways to Avoid Burnout
Business Week October 3, 2005 recently ran an article entitled
The Overworked Networked Family. In the article was a list of 7
tips to avoid burnout. I've modified their list a bit and added
some of my own to make 10 tips. The focus of the article was how
professionals and knowledge workers can use technology to
balance work and family life.
1. Prioritize - What are the two or three things you must
do during your day? Flag those tasks and do them first.
Prioritize the rest of your "to do" list. As David Allen of
David Allen and Company and author of Getting Things Done says,
"There is always more to do than there is time to do it."
2. Delegate less important tasks. If that is impossible
put the least important tasks on the back burner.
3. Don't over schedule yourself. Leave some time in your
day for emergencies that come up.
4. Build enough time in your schedule to do the work. It
is often best to double the amount of time you think you need to
do a particular task. This will give you time to transition from
one task to another. It also will allow you to take a breather
once in a while too. If you are like me you often under estimate
how long a project will take. Take stock of your ability to
estimate. If you never have enough time to finish you may have
to triple the amount of time you allot. If you are always right
on the money then just add a small amount of additional time for
breaks and transitions.
5. Use technology to your advantage. Manage your schedule
around your family events or personal appointments. Today you
can take the work home if you must or take time off during the
day and work in
the evening using technology. Do this to help
balance work and family life. Use technology to help you to stay
connected but remember there is always an off button!
6. Take time off. If you must be "on call" screen your
calls and emails on a day off. Respond only when urgent. Set
boundaries around your own free time. Take vacation time to get
totally away from your work for a significant period of time (at
least a week). www.TimeDay.org recommends 3 weeks vacation a
year.
7. Schedule face to face time with friends and family.
Being with colleagues and family is also important. Don't
isolate yourself. Make sure to spend time with both family and
colleagues
8. Find ways to be creative. Cook, garden, paint, write,
play an instrument, build something - just a few ideas to use
your creativity and leave your work behind.
9. Exercise. Schedule workouts at the gym or leave time
in your day for running, swimming, biking or playing tennis.
Find ways to sweat!
10. Set a time to leave the office each day (before 9PM!) and
stick to it. If your job requires late nights then come into
work later too. Get 7 or 8 hours sleep each night.
About the author:
About Alvah Parker
Alvah Parker is a Business and Career Coach as well as publisher
of Parker's Points, an email tip list and Road to
Success, an ezine. Parker's Value Program© enables her
clients to find their own way to work that is more fulfilling
and profitable. Her clients are managers, business owners, sole
practioners, attorneys and people in transition. Alvah is found
on the web at www.asparker.com. She may also be reache
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