The Four Stages of Burnout

[mandy]

Years ago, a magicaI moment whirled me in a mystical web. I was consumed by the path of "academic flashdancing." I succumbed to the "burnout tango." Now let me not just walk the talk, but deromance the dance: "Burnout is the gradual process by which a person, in response to prolonged stress and physical, mental and emotional strain, detaches from work and other meaningful relationships. The result is lowered productivity, cynicism, confusion...a feeling of being drained, having nothing more to give." Whether at work or school (or even in a marriage), to prevent it you must get it. To provide a framework both for understanding and, hopefully, inoculating against future burnout, let's begin with "The Stress Doc's Vital Lesson of the Four 'R's"...

full article: http://www.stressdoc.com/four_stages_burnbout.htm

related:

we found a terrific set of posts today on the topic of burnout, an affliction that nearly all startup founders experience at some point in their careers. While it appeals to our entrepreneurial romanticism to “burn the candle at both ends,” burnout from working too hard can be far more destructive, personally and professionally, than all that excessive working was worth in the first place...

full article: http://foundread.com/2008/01/29/founder-.../#more-476