22 Jan 10 Avoid Being Burnt Out By Your Job

Getting jaded by your job is no good. Makes you hate your job, and makes the work you have to slog through all the more difficult. In a recession, where finding a new job is extremely difficult, you can’t really afford feeling burnt out at your job. Managing your work, and environment is key to staying happy, and productive at your job.

Plan and prioritize your projects so that you don’t feel overwhelmed by having too many things to do at the last minute. Figure out what you need to complete now, so that you can push a few things off until later. By creating a schedule ladder of importance, you can focus on the tasks and complete them with plenty of time. Taking the stress off, allowing you to relax a bit, and keeping you happy as well as productive.

Remember to take your breaks. Even if you have a ton of work, and you want to skip a break to work through it, don’t! Skipping your breaks will only make you feel more disheartened and overwhelmed. Take that break so you can get some fresh air, maybe a cup of coffee, and relax for a few minutes. You’ll feel better, and will work more effectively when you resume your duties.

Know when to ask for help. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s just finding a solution to a problem that you can’t solve yourself at the moment. What’s worse that having to ask for help, is not getting your work done because you didn’t. Failing on your own instead of succeeding with help should never sound like the better option.

Always stay polite and courteous no matter what. Keeping in a positive mind with a positive attitude is the best way to work through the problematic times. By staying positive you’ll feel better, as will the people around you. You’ll all get more done, and you’ll be much less apt to get overwhelmed, or feel unhappy at your job.

Tags: Cup Of Coffee, Few Minutes, Finding A New Job, Fresh Air, Many Things, Plenty Of Time, Positive Attitude, Problematic Times, recession, Resume, Schedule Ladder, Stress, Work Environment

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14 Aug 09 Make Your Boss Work For You

Have a boss that you hate? Welcome to a huge percentage of the American workforce’s lives. Want the key to molding your boss into someone that doesn’t make you so frustrated you can’t see straight? Well, believe it or not, there actually are a few tactics you can try to make your boss work for you. I’m not talking about shifting the balance of power, as that’s always a bad idea to attempt. Sometimes it can be successful, but most of the time it just ends up with a more tense work environment, followed by your eventual firing.

Rather, try to work with your boss, understand them, figure out what they’re going for at their job. In a way understanding what makes them tick, so you can work through the problematic times and ensure that they are fewer and farther in between by playing to what your boss is looking for. Part of the strategy is making yourself into a great employee, as your boss in most cases is less likely to give you unnecessary hassle if you are a star performer.

The key to becoming a star performer is the way that you carry out your work. The most commonly found workers are just the workhorses, who do what is asked, no less no more. The problem with these people is that the management needs to constantly be giving them new projects and goals because they don’t take the effort to think for themselves. By ensuring you are not one of these people, and instead of just doing what is asked, anticipate your bosses needs. Go the extra mile, instead of completing a report and waiting for your boss to show up or ask for it, deliver it personally so that they don’t have to take time out of their schedule to complete such a simple task. Little things like that can make an unbelievable difference.

By anticipating your bosses needs, and delivering your work through those means, you can look forward to starting a better relationship with your boss. With that renewed work relationship you’ll understand each other better, likely leading to less stress and fewer confrontations when the deadlines are against you.

Tags: American Workforce, Bad Idea, Balance Of Power, Boss, Extra Mile, Job, Molding, New Projects, Problematic Times, Shifting The Balance Of Power, Star Performer, Unbelievable Difference, Unnecessary Hassle, Work Environment, Work Relationship, Workhorses

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