Comments on: 5 Ways to avoid being overworked

By: H.

H. — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:55:19 +0000

Oh God, Penelope is right. It's our problem when we complain. I experienced this recently when I started suffering from a burnout from work. It was getting too much and I had started considering stepping down to another position (that I'd have also loved. It had less pay but I wouldn't have minded if it meant I had a more streamlined and simple workload). And then I thought – I do like my work and these responsibilities actually help me grow because it's challenging. I need to just learn to manage work stress and I started resarching about it. Somewhere, I knew the fault was mine. I was trying to do a lot perfectly + worried about it when not working. I worried about it even after delegating. I needed to learn to not only LET GO of some aspects and prioritize, delegate more efficiently with trust, and draw boundaries. Once I actually started letting go, and demanded LESS of myself (and others), I recovered my sanity. I just need to keep at it now. I sometimes worry about "sliding downwards" but it's something I am still trying to figure out and balance. It might just be my high expectations of myself.

By: How to manage a career in 2012

How to manage a career in 2012 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:01:20 +0000

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By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:36:35 +0000

Amen. Just found this for the first time after you posted a link to it. I've been telling people for years that no one will create their boundaries for them and that they need to play an active role in their workload.. I am going to send his post out to some folks. Maybe if they won't listen to me they will you.

By: 5 Things Successful People Don’t DO

5 Things Successful People Don’t DO — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:03:24 +0000

[...] on your to-do list. Your job is to do what your boss cares about and what other people notice. So it's important to know what matters at work, and ignore the rest. And also, it's important to never look like you're the hardest [...]

By: 5 Things Successful People DON'T Do - bmmaia on the net | bmmaia on the net

5 Things Successful People DON'T Do - bmmaia on the net | bmmaia on the net — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:29:25 +0000

[...] on your to-do list. Your job is to do what your boss cares about and what other people notice. So it’s important to know what matters at work, and ignore the rest. And also, it’s important to never look like you’re the hardest worker. [...]

By: Peggy Duncan

Peggy Duncan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:48:00 +0000

And if you first get organized, streamline how you work to eliminate wastage, and then choose technology that can help you finish quicker (and learn how to use it), you'll be able to do more work faster and do it well. For example, you may be doing some tedious, mundane reporting that a macro/formula in Excel would reduce to the click of a button. I'm a personal productivity expert and am talking from experience.

By: Prom is a career stepping stone

Prom is a career stepping stone — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:57:10 +0000

[...] ignoring the work that's put in front of you. Over and over [...]

By: Perfectionism Is a Disease. Here’s How to Beat It. « Singaporean Something

Perfectionism Is a Disease. Here’s How to Beat It. « Singaporean Something — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:29:39 +0000

[...] fact, it’s often a requirement: Smart people cut corners. The art of being a star performer is knowing which corners to cut. Focus on your goals, and be honest with yourself about whether your goals require perfectionism [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:01:35 +0000

I disagree – Dr's and pilots are information workers – they do it in real time – Dr looks at signs and symptoms and makes a valued judgement based on a database of previous information (previous cases – reseach etc). A pilot takes information, aircraft position, weather, aircraft performance indicators and planned destination and again makes value based decissions using historic data to make (hopefully) the right decission with the best outcome (we get to our destination without dying!)

By: Found my lesson of the month « Dream big. Live hard.

Found my lesson of the month « Dream big. Live hard. — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:44:42 +0000

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