Avoid Burnout at Work – 52 Solutions
Across many years of leadership coaching, I’ve learned that paying attention to a small number of basic things that made you successful in the first place will help regain focus, confidence and control, AND avoid burnout at work.
What follows is a list of everyday habits that successful leaders and professionals put into practice consistently. Some are very simple, but you may have gotten away from practicing them. Being intentional about working on these habits will contribute significantly to rebuilding resilience and helping you with managing work life balance.
How to Use These 52 Solutions to Avoid Burnout at Work
For every habit you feel is important to you RIGHT NOW, you will find five days of self-coaching exercises. Pick a practice that seems most relevant to your situation and begin working on it. This isn’t about speed or brilliance. It’s about regaining control of YOUR time, energy, leadership, and confidence.
These 52 strategies are taken from my book for leaders, 52 Solutions for Those Who Need a 25 Hour Day.
- Use the 80/20 Principle
- Plan Your Day
- Conquer Your To-Do List
- Harness the Power of Three
- Capture Your Thoughts
- Say “No” A Whole Lot More
- Be Accountable
- Prepare for Meetings
- Plan Time for Renewal
- Speak With Clarity
- Create a Shield to Guard Your Time
- Know the Facts
- Persevere
- Adequately Fund Your Actions
- Relieve Yourself of Other Responsibilities
- Work With a Great Team
- Prepare for People Who Don’t Understand
- Let Your Purpose Determine Your Schedule
- Schedule a Quiet Time
- Don’t Manage Your Image for Others
- Reject Busyness as a Bragging Point
- Enjoy the Journey
- Avoid Using the Word “Should”
- Cultivate Good Friendships
- Focus on One Person at a Time
- Change Pace
- Deal With Things as They Come Up
- Focus on the Assignment, Not the Work Week
- Eliminate Scraps of Paper
- Handle Things the Least Amount of Times Possible
- If it’s Not an Absolute Yes, it’s a No
- Do it Now
- Embrace Failure
- Group Lesser Tasks
- Read Books on Time Management
- Make the Tough Decisions
- Work With a Coach
- Break it Down into Parts
- Get Your Finances in Order
- Do Ditch Delegate Delay
- Build Character
- Celebrate Individual Steps
- Practice Time In, Time On and Time Out
- STOP
- Make a Strategic Alliance
- Plan for the Unexpected
- Organize Your Files
- Space Your Appointments
- Accomplish More While Traveling
- Create a Not-to-Do List
- Ask the Wants Versus Needs Questions
- Keep Technology at its Simplest Level
5-Days of Self-Directed Coaching for Performance
The five-day questions, suggestions and invitations to experiment are simple. They will enable you to move from thinking to purpose to action and on to greater effectiveness and success.
Life and managing stress is made up of habits, strategies and techniques. A small change in one area can result in significant positive change across a broad range of life and leadership areas.
A Different Person, A Different Leader
If you are intentional about managing stress by working on these habits in even a handful of areas, you will be a different person and a different leader one year from now. You have here the opportunity to accomplish more things that really matter to you. And this will help you in dealing with that significant stress you are going through. All 52 are contained in my book, “52 Solutions for Those Who Need a 25 Hour Day.”
More Priorities – The Ones that Truly Make a Difference
I found over the years, in practicing these 52 basic strategies for managing stress that I ended up gaining greater focus and momentum. I achieve more priorities … the true priorities that make a difference (not to be confused with saying “everything” is a priority).
Incorporate One or Two Strategies Regularly
If we are working together I’ll encourage you to revisit one or two new strategies every month in addition to other things we may be focusing our attention on. In this way you will make considerable personal and professional development gains over the course of our coaching engagement.