|
|
Like this article? PLEASE +1 it! |  |
|
Ten Ways to Avoid Burnout
Written by: Alvah ParkerArticle Overview: Business Week 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.
 |
Free Download - How To Be Happy at Work? Acknowledge Yourself By Alvah Parker |
Ten Ways to Avoid Burnout
"Business Week" 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). The Take Back Your Time organization 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.
Stress Management Tips: Job Burnout Prevention
Entrepreneurs Burnout – Bin It
12 simple steps business owners can take to avoid burnout
Leadership Strategies and NO to Burnout
Back from Hell
Article Tags: burnout, business week, delegate, knowledge workers, networked, prioritizevacation
|
About the Author: Alvah Parker RSS for Alvah's articles - Visit Alvah's website  Click here to visit Alvah's website   Can This Networking Group Help Me Build My Business Happiness Is Doing Meaningful Work And Having A Supportive Community Ten Ways to Make Achievable Goals Top Ten Tips for Negotiating a Job Offer The Importance of Marketing |
Related Forum Posts
Re: Search Engine Friendly Web Development
- I would like to add some more things in search engine friendly web development.
1. PPC campaign
2. Viral marketing
3. Social Media Marketing
Avoid flash in website and other use CSS files to shows the content style.
Re: Ideas For Business
- Stas and lucy,
Could you guys give us a recap of your entire business idea as it stands now. Seems like it morped a bit. Let us know:
1. Start date
2. Ways you will Market
3. What you will offer
4. How much will your charge for your offer
Re: Improving Cash Flow
- Thanks for your information.
guide on how to avoid the problems of over trading. <-- Where is this guide? Any URL?
guide on debt factoring and invoice discounting: the basics. <-- Where is this guide? Any URL?
I just want to learn more about this. I am also looking for a good article on:
What exactly is Cash Flow?
Ways to improve cash flow at individual level and organizational level?
I think it is a problem of thinking and mind sets problem. If we can change the way of spending, we can have more Cash.
Robert
Top sales skills
- Qualifying Fast to Avoid Wasting Sales Time
Do you chase after your prospects until they tell you yes or no? Do you ever tell your prospects "No", as in "No, I am not going to sell to you"? There are many things in selling that you do not and will not be able to control. The one thing that you do have control over is your time and how you choose to use it.
Motivating Prospects
Qualifying goes beyond budget, authority, and need. You want to sell to prospects who *want* to buy from you. Finding prospects that need our products usually is not difficult. Finding those who really want our products though can be very hard if we wait for them to come to us.
Selling to People Outside Your Comfort Zone
Most salespeople who are "people persons", already think that they are good at this. Let me ask you a question. When you last lost a sale, how was your rapport with the key person who decided against you?
Re: 365 Foolish Mistakes Smart Managers Make
- [quote="litekepr":2v18lglp]This morning's Google Alert held a pleasant surprise.
WORTH MENTIONING
A List of New Books Compiled by
The Management and Government Information Center (MAGIC)
Chinn Park Regional Library
703-792-4880Summer 2007
Indicates titles relating to the FISH Philosophy
365 Foolish Mistakes Smart Managers Make Every Day: How and Why to Avoid Them by Shri L. Henkel, 2006
interesting. Is anyone else here familiar with the FISH philosphy?
i[/quote:2v18lglp]
Congrats on the mention of your book! Hopefully it will drive up sales!
For myself, I don't really care for their acronym... MAGIC. Gives people the subtle impression that good things happen at the snap of a finger instead of lots of hard work!
Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.
Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.
by: 
Lesson #3: “Tell ‘em quick and tell ‘em often”
Searching for the Stars: How Yang and Filo Took Their Business to New Heights
Salesperson Wimp-Out: I Need Help 
February 2012 Top 100 Leadership Experts to Follow on Twitter
Please Stop Calling it Coaching!
Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!
Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.