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Understanding Burnout
Cognitive Dissident writes "New York Magazine has posted a feature story about the growing phenomenon of 'burnout' and the growing interest of both healthcare professionals and even corporate management in this problem. Probably the most surprising thing learned from reading this article is that work load is not the best predictor of burnout. Instead it has more to do with perceived 'return on investment' of effort. So work places are having to learn to adjust the work environment to reduce or prevent burnout. From the article: '"It's kind of like ergonomics," [Christina Maslach] finally says. "It used to be, 'You sit for work? Here's a chair.' But now we design furniture to fit and support the body. And we're doing the same here. The environments themselves have to say, 'We want people to thrive and grow.' There was a shift, finally, in how people understood the question."' NPR's Talk of the Nation also had a recent feature story based on this article."
Friends and I would stay up all night smoking pot and playing Nintendo. Around dawn we'd be useless sacks of shit. I still freak out thinking of the "Death" monsters in Gauntlet.
Trolling is a art,
Also, please expand on the 3:1 people-to-bedroom ratio.
I don't know about you but whenever I feel burned out I go to http://slashdot.org/
Always be polite.
I just don't have time to read it, I have meetings to go to.
Glad its just a theory...like evolution. I was getting worried.
That's true, although in the case of the OP, the GP is right too. That particular poster writes essentially the same post every time a topic like this comes up.
I didn't have to give anything up, save for a bit of sanity along the way. ...and who needs that, anyway?
Whew -- good thing that little voice in your head told you to add that last little bit!
Basically living from my savings and a porn website (check my sig! ;)
Dude, if you're going to try and run a porn site and claim any geek cred at least turn off directory listing.
You look like an amateur otherwise....
Sheesh,
=tkk
Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
But I lost interest about half way through.. I .. Just .. could... not... go ... on...
Dirty Pirate Hooker
You take a car and ram it into other cars. In the end, you either win the race, or blow up. It's more of an adrenaline pumping experience than work related depression.
I, for one, welcome our new feudal overlords and overladies.
--Rob
Towards the Singularity.
WoW is work, duh
I can happily work long hours when I know it will make a difference. But too often there's somebody causing a disconnect between the work and the reward. That's what causes stress, the natural confusion arising from the mind having to override the body's strong desire to beat the living shit out of some asshole who desperately deserves it. Maybe we should start a fight club.
Wansu, th' chinese sailor
"They" also say that 96.37% of all statistics are made up on the spot to support a point.
I seem to recall sleeping in the same bed as my parents sometimes. It was pretty comforting. I know my brother and my cousins did it as well.
The trouble is when this practice lasts into a person's twenties.
No mention of the free market either. Ward, I'm worried about the Beaver.
Fellows, I usually try to find time to
reference something other than those
entertaining topics. It might seem
evil to most, but I mean what I say!
Maybe it takes time for others to
adapt to my philosophies, or
rather for them to at least
keep my ideas in mind when they
examine their daily problems and
their concerns.
dada
In the next installment, a resurrected Richard Crenna visits dada21 in his trailer in the Rockies. "dada21, we need you!" "Leave me alone." "But we got a brand new house for you, with a 3 car garage and 4 bedrooms." dada21 stares off through the tiny porthole at Dick's new Lincoln. "What's the interest rate?" "5.75, 30 year fixed." "Alright I'm in. But you can't make me run Windows."
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
dada21 wrote a post, and I find myself completely agreeing with it.
Have we entered some sort of bizarro-world? If the next news item I see is "Bush Considered Shoo-in for Mt. Rushmore," that oughta cinch it.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
I tried reading the article, but after about the third page I just gave up trying to slog through it. My mind couldn't handle any more.
If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.
I suffer from Burnout damn near every weekend. Hours on end.
;)
I just pop the CD into my PS2 and I'm good to go.
Great stress relief, too. Probably what keeps me from going Postal.
Actually, recent scientific studies have found that colds and other minor infections are caused by viruses and bacteria.