BurnOut

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DirectMoneyNow.com's Home Business Report
- Tuesday, April 28, 2007
Publisher: Ephran Price
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By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler Date Created: 30-Oct-04

By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
Advisor to Top Executives
http://www.quantum-self.com
© 2004 All Rights Reserved.

If lately you're finding the tasks and responsibilities
in your work schedule more than you can bear, you may
well be approaching "burnout."

Burnout is not an imaginary condition that's "all in
your mind." It's a very real mental and physiological
condition caused by a stress overload.

Burnout arises when we're overworked, overtaxed
emotionally, or physically exhausted -- and as a result
find it increasingly difficult to cope with everyday
stresses.

A common sign of burnout is loss of enthusiasm for
one's job, social life, personal relationship and
normal personal interests.

A True Burnout Story
I once had a "crisis call" from a CEO I was advising in
Silicon Valley. He had a serious problem on his hands.

Like many CEOs of growing companies, he was balancing a
heavy work load.

He wanted to increase sales, and was impressed by the
personal presentation of a senior representative of an
outside marketing organization. He signed a binding
contract for their services.

Then less that one month later, after the outside
company was all geared up and going out to his
customers, he realized he had made a critical mistake:

He had signed a contract giving the outside reps three
times the commission he was paying his own "in house"
marketing reps.

The immediate outcome: Two lawsuits totaling millions
of dollars.

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

Because Bob (not his real name) had been so stressed
when he signed that contract that his higher brain has
been shut down. (This is a common symptom of chronic
stress).

He told me he actually could no longer understand what
he read, and was incapable of mental focus. Bob was
gripped in an "adrenalin high" trap, and had not
realized the consequences.

The "Adrenalin High" Trap
Many executives and entrepreneurs claim they "thrive"
on stress. What they are responding to is the
physiological excitement from an "adrenalin high."

But the truth is, adrenalin highs are actually part of
the stress response that prepares your body (and mind)
to either fight or run.

What happens is that your higher thinking centers close
down, and older, more primitive portions of your brain
prepare you for emergency.

Over a period of time this leads straight to stage 2
burnout - serious mental and physical exhaustion.

And if you think YOU are immune, you're seriously
kidding yourself - just like Bob, that Silicon Valley
CEO did!

The Major Factors in Stress Overload
Stress occurs when the demands around you exceed your
capacity to meet them.

The four major factors in stress overload are:

Time pressures

Excessive responsibility or accountability

Lack of adequate support

Excessive expectations by yourself and/or those around
you

The Stages of Burnout
Burnout is a process that progresses through stages of
stress overload. With some self-monitoring, you have
the opportunity to take steps to stop the process. The
three stages of burnout include:

The stress arousal stage,

The low energy stage, and

The exhaustion stage.

The Stress Arousal Stage. Excess stress arousal is
accompanied by both physiological and psychological
responses. Some of the common behavioral include:
irritability, anxiety, forgetfulness, and an inability
to focus and concentrate.

Common physiological signs often include: flare-ups of
high blood pressure, bruxism (grinding teeth during
sleep), insomnia, headaches, and acute gastrointestinal
symptoms.

The Low Energy Stage. As your stress becomes more and
more chronic, your body tries to compensate for growing
mental and physical exhaustion. The feeling of low
energy so common with chronic stress is probably a sign
your body is trying to compensate for exhaustion by
shifting into an "energy conservation mode."

Behavior consequences often include: forgetfulness,
more serious inability to focus, excessive lateness,
procrastination, excessive time off from work, lack of
interest in your work or business, loss of hope and
enthusiasm, decreased desire for intimacy, and a
persistent feeling of tiredness or exhaustion.

Other common signs include: social withdrawal from
friends and family, cynicism, resentment, apathy and
increased substance use (nicotine, caffeine, alcohol,
prescription drugs).

The Acute Exhaustion Stage. The acute exhaustion stage
is where most people finally get a clear sense that
something is seriously wrong.

The signs of acute stress-related exhaustion often
include: chronic sadness or depression, chronic stomach
or bowel problems, chronic mental fatigue, chronic
physical fatigue, chronic headaches or migraines,
difficulty reading or understanding communications, and
almost total inability to focus.

Other common signs may include: the desire to "drop
out" of society, quit work, or abandon one's business
or profession -- and the desire to avoid family,
friends, and social situations.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DirectMoneyNow.com's Home Business Report
- Tuesday, April 28, 2007
Publisher: Ephran Price
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler Date Created: 30-Oct-04

By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
Advisor to Top Executives
http://www.quantum-self.com
© 2004 All Rights Reserved.

If lately you're finding the tasks and responsibilities
in your work schedule more than you can bear, you may
well be approaching "burnout."

Burnout is not an imaginary condition that's "all in
your mind." It's a very real mental and physiological
condition caused by a stress overload.

Burnout arises when we're overworked, overtaxed
emotionally, or physically exhausted -- and as a result
find it increasingly difficult to cope with everyday
stresses.

A common sign of burnout is loss of enthusiasm for
one's job, social life, personal relationship and
normal personal interests.

A True Burnout Story
I once had a "crisis call" from a CEO I was advising in
Silicon Valley. He had a serious problem on his hands.

Like many CEOs of growing companies, he was balancing a
heavy work load.

He wanted to increase sales, and was impressed by the
personal presentation of a senior representative of an
outside marketing organization. He signed a binding
contract for their services.

Then less that one month later, after the outside
company was all geared up and going out to his
customers, he realized he had made a critical mistake:

He had signed a contract giving the outside reps three
times the commission he was paying his own "in house"
marketing reps.

The immediate outcome: Two lawsuits totaling millions
of dollars.

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?

Because Bob (not his real name) had been so stressed
when he signed that contract that his higher brain has
been shut down. (This is a common symptom of chronic
stress).

He told me he actually could no longer understand what
he read, and was incapable of mental focus. Bob was
gripped in an "adrenalin high" trap, and had not
realized the consequences.

The "Adrenalin High" Trap
Many executives and entrepreneurs claim they "thrive"
on stress. What they are responding to is the
physiological excitement from an "adrenalin high."

But the truth is, adrenalin highs are actually part of
the stress response that prepares your body (and mind)
to either fight or run.

What happens is that your higher thinking centers close
down, and older, more primitive portions of your brain
prepare you for emergency.

Over a period of time this leads straight to stage 2
burnout - serious mental and physical exhaustion.

And if you think YOU are immune, you're seriously
kidding yourself - just like Bob, that Silicon Valley
CEO did!

The Major Factors in Stress Overload
Stress occurs when the demands around you exceed your
capacity to meet them.

The four major factors in stress overload are:

Time pressures

Excessive responsibility or accountability

Lack of adequate support

Excessive expectations by yourself and/or those around
you

The Stages of Burnout
Burnout is a process that progresses through stages of
stress overload. With some self-monitoring, you have
the opportunity to take steps to stop the process. The
three stages of burnout include:

The stress arousal stage,

The low energy stage, and

The exhaustion stage.

The Stress Arousal Stage. Excess stress arousal is
accompanied by both physiological and psychological
responses. Some of the common behavioral include:
irritability, anxiety, forgetfulness, and an inability
to focus and concentrate.

Common physiological signs often include: flare-ups of
high blood pressure, bruxism (grinding teeth during
sleep), insomnia, headaches, and acute gastrointestinal
symptoms.

The Low Energy Stage. As your stress becomes more and
more chronic, your body tries to compensate for growing
mental and physical exhaustion. The feeling of low
energy so common with chronic stress is probably a sign
your body is trying to compensate for exhaustion by
shifting into an "energy conservation mode."

Behavior consequences often include: forgetfulness,
more serious inability to focus, excessive lateness,
procrastination, excessive time off from work, lack of
interest in your work or business, loss of hope and
enthusiasm, decreased desire for intimacy, and a
persistent feeling of tiredness or exhaustion.

Other common signs include: social withdrawal from
friends and family, cynicism, resentment, apathy and
increased substance use (nicotine, caffeine, alcohol,
prescription drugs).

The Acute Exhaustion Stage. The acute exhaustion stage
is where most people finally get a clear sense that
something is seriously wrong.

The signs of acute stress-related exhaustion often
include: chronic sadness or depression, chronic stomach
or bowel problems, chronic mental fatigue, chronic
physical fatigue, chronic headaches or migraines,
difficulty reading or understanding communications, and
almost total inability to focus.

Other common signs may include: the desire to "drop
out" of society, quit work, or abandon one's business
or profession -- and the desire to avoid family,
friends, and social situations.
Visit Quantum-Self.com, the web’s premier Personal
Excellence portal. It’s
sizzling-unique-intelligent-inspiring! Great fr.ee
self-tests, brain teasers, and mind-building original
articles. FR.EE abundance course for new ezine
subscribers. http://www.quantum-self.com


Questions? Talk to me in person, directly, at 502-473-1313.

Ephran Price - President DirectMoneyNow.com & Worldprofit Dealer

Email: ephranprice@gmail.com
URL: http://www.DirectMoneyNow.com

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(C) DirectMoneyNow.com 2007 All Rights Reserved.
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Questions? Talk to me in person, directly, at 502-473-1313.

Ephran Price - President DirectMoneyNow.com & Worldprofit Dealer

Email: ephranprice@gmail.com
URL: http://www.DirectMoneyNow.com

=========================================================
(C) DirectMoneyNow.com 2007 All Rights Reserved.
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