| Many people experience work as drudgery and their jobs as painfully empty. The malaise that results is a painful process that adversely affects work, health, interpersonal relationships, leisure pursuits and self-confidence, as well as ability to perform effectively. This job burnout is caused by feelings of powerlessness—damned-if-you-do; damned-if-you-don't situations that sap motivation. Once it begins burnout becomes a self-propelling vicious cycle that is difficult to reverse.
Do you:
Dread going to work most of the time?
Feel trapped in your job with few options?
Get little satisfaction from working?
Feel drained at the end of the day?
Would you rather:
Look forward to your work?
Feel in command of your work life?
Get a sense of meaning from your work?
Have more than enough energy left for leisure?
The recipe for change is at your fingertips. OVERCOMING JOB BURNOUT tells how to recognize the symptoms of burnout and steps to take to renew enthusiasm for work. The key is to develop personal power—an "I Can Do" attitude and ability to influence your work environment. Learn how transforming stress, pacing yourself, building skills, tailoring your job to fit you, building social support, changing jobs, thinking powerfully, and developing detached concern empower you and refuel your enthusiasm for work. Includes practical for managers.
"Relief for the burnout out & bummed out" —San Francisco Chronicle
"Remarkably insightful and exciting ... offers wise, powerful, useful advice on many levels—good medicine indeed." —Miami Herald
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