Making A Conscious Decision To Change Work Behavior
Found this old New York Times article interesting—especially this paragraph (additional emphasis mine):
Although I maintain sometimes that the community problems can be brought on by one's own behavior. I understand being a lone wolf or running with just one person as much as the next individual. However, when one fails to see how their hypocritical actions can bring about some of the enmity that you receive, well...I just don't know what can be done.
I think burnout is like cooking eggs or cookies. If you think you're done, then it's too late. You're probably too far gone. The time for you to move on to something else has probably arrived. There is no need to make others around you feel miserable.
With that being said, I feel I bear some responsibility for not letting my coworker's burnt out attitude affect the happiness of myself at work. Yes, my day job is challenging some days, and often times, there is not enough time to do everything that needs to be done because something new is constantly being heaped upon the plate.
That's life. It's called being a grown up. Buckle down and do your job. Stop trying to get into everyone's business. Stop worrying about what others are doing. Stop talking to your work spouse every ten minutes. Stop doing what you damn well please and actually follow the rules.
Eyes on your own paper. Do your work or, to be blunt, get out. Find something else to do that will be more pleasing.
But I also need to apply some of these to my own actions. I need to focus as well and stop worrying about why someone else isn't working.
I don't need the distractions anyway.
I have to get back to fixing the paper jam on the printer:
While most people think job burnout is just a matter of working too hard, that’s not necessarily true. Professor Maslach and Professor Leiter list six areas that can result in burnout: work overload; lack of control over the work; insufficient rewards; workplace community problems, such as incivility and a lack of support among co-workers; a lack of fairness, such as inequality of pay, promotions or workload; and a conflict between one’s personal values and the requirements of a job.
Although I maintain sometimes that the community problems can be brought on by one's own behavior. I understand being a lone wolf or running with just one person as much as the next individual. However, when one fails to see how their hypocritical actions can bring about some of the enmity that you receive, well...I just don't know what can be done.
I think burnout is like cooking eggs or cookies. If you think you're done, then it's too late. You're probably too far gone. The time for you to move on to something else has probably arrived. There is no need to make others around you feel miserable.
With that being said, I feel I bear some responsibility for not letting my coworker's burnt out attitude affect the happiness of myself at work. Yes, my day job is challenging some days, and often times, there is not enough time to do everything that needs to be done because something new is constantly being heaped upon the plate.
That's life. It's called being a grown up. Buckle down and do your job. Stop trying to get into everyone's business. Stop worrying about what others are doing. Stop talking to your work spouse every ten minutes. Stop doing what you damn well please and actually follow the rules.
Eyes on your own paper. Do your work or, to be blunt, get out. Find something else to do that will be more pleasing.
But I also need to apply some of these to my own actions. I need to focus as well and stop worrying about why someone else isn't working.
I don't need the distractions anyway.
I have to get back to fixing the paper jam on the printer:
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