Banishing Burnout
Chapter One
Your Job and You
Problems at work can hit you hard.
It hurts so bad.
I've been done wrong.
This is not the way it is supposed to be.
It's driving me crazy.
I'm mad as hell and won't take it anymore.
Stop the world, I want to get off.
Sound Familiar?
When you are in a relationship with someone important to you,
and things seem to be going from bad to worse, you are likely to experience
these thoughts and feelings. "Why isn't this relationship
working out? Is it something about me? Or is it the other person's
fault? And what can I do to make things right?" The answers to
these questions are not always easy to figure out, so trying to cope
with a rocky relationship can be frustrating and exhausting.
But suppose it is your job that is giving you the blues, rather
than a certain someone. Does your relationship with work have any
parallels with your relationships with people? As it turns out, the
answer is yes. Your relationship with your job is a major part of your
life. Indeed you may spend more time with it than you do with
friends or family. It demands a lot from you, but it gives you things
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