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How are you responsible for your own burnout?

It’s easy to blame our jobs, our bosses, our families for feeling stressed out and burned out. But today I’d like you to think about something a bit diffrent and that is, what do you do that leads to your own burnout? Let me give you an example. Having lost my job a few times (a really good experience for a career coach by the way), I realized that I had a loyalty problem. And that was I tended to be overly loyal, what I’ve come to think of as “dumb loyal.” Out of balance loyal. This then leads to disappointment when the company you work for says, “Thanks you did great work but your position has been eliminated.” So I’ve learned to be “smart loyal”–still doing my best at work, but not expecting the company to take care of my career. That’s my  job.

See if you can find one way in which your attitude or behavior is making things more difficult for yourself. Then try to adjust it so that you’re not contributing to your own burnout. These small steps can have huge results.

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  1. Sam Qutub
    April 6th, 2015 at 23:12 | #1

    Jean,
    Very true. Loyalty is no longer rewarded. Even companies will tell you now that you are responsible for your own career. The trick these days is to figure out how to find time to stay healthy and finding time for training (investing in yourself).
    Sam
    former coachee