A while ago I wrote a post detailing three easy ways to recover from burnout. Ever since, people have been asking for more ideas on the same topic. Here are a few additional ideas that may help you: Hang Out More Often
“Talking,” says the bad guy, Casper Guttman in the classic film “The Maltese Falcon, “is something you can’t do judiciously unless you keep in practice.” But practice alone is not enough. Your practice must center around effective approaches that will help you
As I’ve written previously, “the mindset to prepare for dire circumstances pays off in many ways, because adequate preparation allows you to acquire helpful resources, practice important skills, develop useful plans, and feel more comfortable responding to the upcoming situation.” A lot
Your journey through your work and your life is much like a roller-coaster ride, with surprising and vertiginous ups and downs that are often beyond your control. One thing you can control, however, is your reaction to them. That’s why it’s important
There’s a tongue-in-cheek but possibly true idea called The Peter Principle, which argues that people who do good work get promoted to their level of incompetence, at which point they plateau out and stop getting promoted. This idea is supposed to explain
One of my problems with the whole “Hollywood Syndrome” is the celebrities’ blatant promotion of the “follow your passion” concept. “Follow your passion” sounds inspiring, but it’s likely to lead you along a path that’s overcrowded with others following the same passion.
Most of my entries in this space are all about how to be more productive and successful in your work and your life. And I’m a strong proponent of the notion that productivity and success come more readily when nobody much cares
It’s counterintuitive to many of us, but in many situations the most powerful and important advice is also the simplest. That’s true of my book, How to Organize Your Work and Your Life, which is built around the very simple idea of
It’s not a great title, but it’s a great topic. If you work 40 hours per week, and 50 weeks per year, it’s almost certain that you spend hundreds of hours in meetings – including one-on-ones, small groups, large groups, and possibly
As I’ve written before, you need more than “hard” – job specific – skills to raise your level of productivity and success. You also need “soft” skills, like the Emotional Control, Decision-Making, and Communication skills I wrote about here. People have asked
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