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When you
first started your present career or opened your business, you
were most likely filled with excitement and entertaining visions
of future career/business growth, challenge, and increased Mullah
(aka $$$). But somewhere along the line, the day to day challenges
with which you've been constantly faced may have had a tendency to
wear your excitement and anticipation down to a bare whisper.
Career
burnout tends to progress slowly from a mild stage, to a moderate
more noticeable stage, and left unchecked, career burnout can
eventually progress to a dangerous, severe stage that takes the
pleasure out of life and living. The following are some of the
most prevalent signs of career/business burnout.
1.
Increased workplace stress.
Are you
stressed out? The more stress you are under at work, the more apt
you will be to wear down and begin experiencing the burnout blues.
2.
Decreased workplace performance.
If your work
performance has slipped markedly, and you are procrastinating or
experiencing a lack of motivation to increase your work
performance, you have entered the burn-out zone!
3. Working
long hours.
There is a
reason there are so many country songs about being overworked and
underpaid. Working overly long hours can lead to increased stress,
depression, and big-time career burnout.
4. You
dread Mondays.
Believe it
or not, it is not normal to dread the first work day of each week.
If you get the feeling of disappointment and dread about going
back to work each week, you are experiencing the burnout blues.
5. Boredom.
If you are
no longer brimming with excited anticipation about your work, you
are most likely bored and in one of the initial stages of career
burnout.
6. Negative
thoughts or comments about your business/career.
If you find
yourself repeatedly thinking or verbalizing negatively about your
business or career, you are stuck in a downward spiral that leads
to the bottom of the murky career burnout lake.
7. Avoiding
responsibility.
A big sign
of being burned out at work includes avoiding new or additional
responsibilities. After all, added responsibility would require
you to be engaged in your work process.
8. Working
fewer hours.
Are you
progressively reducing the number of hours you work each week
because you just can't stand to do your job? Hello!!! You are
burned out!
9. Playing
the Blame Game.
If you find
yourself blaming others for every possible problem that exists in
your workplace, then you may be in the burnout loop of blaming
others to make up for and hide your lack of enthusiasm and caring
for your work.
10. Intense
emotions of frustration, depression, or rage.
Left
unchecked, severe career burnout can manifest itself in serious
signs of depression and/or nearly uncontrollable anger or
frustration. If you feel that you are at such a breaking point,
get some professional help from a professional.
About the Submitter:
This piece was originally submitted by Ronya Banks, Mind
Discipline coach, trainer, and popular author of Mind Discipline
articles, who can be reached at rbanks@livinginaction.com, or
visited on the web.
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