In this third video in the series on Job Related Burnout, I’ll discuss the scope of the problem and why it matters. There is a detectable job burnout rate for any profession you can name. Some professions have very low rates of burnout such as hair stylist, audiologist, university professor, medical records technician, jeweler, medical…
Author: Dr. Burnout
Transcript of Video #2 – Defining Job Related Burnout
In 2009 I went to my practice partner and told him that I either had to make some changes or I was going to have to quit practicing medicine. I told him how I felt – overworked, exhausted, dissatisfied and unappreciated. I no longer felt I was making any difference in the lives of my…
Things Are Going So Well I Think I’ll Become an Addict
Some people still believe this is actually how it happens to people who become addicted to drugs or alcohol. One day a person whose life is wonderful wakes up and makes a conscious decision to self-destruct through the use of substances or bad behaviors. It’s not only untrue, it’s patently ridiculous. Yet to those unfamiliar…
Do You Know and Possess These 4 Cardinal Signs of Wellness
Emotional exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy are the well-known cardinal signs of job related burnout. Engagement, the exact opposite of burnout, displays the cardinal characteristics of vigor, dedication and absorption. But what of wellness? It is probably a state we all like to dwell in, but how is it defined? Wellness is not merely the absence…
10 Costly Truths, Consequences and Realities of Job Burnout
Okay, so you feel completely burned out at your job, but you’ve decided to put your head down, grind away and tough it out until retirement. You have come to believe your current misery is better than the unknowns of change. Have you stopped to consider, though, what you will give up or lose with…