Learn 11 ways to beat burnout, after doing a quick self-inventory on what leads to burnout in your life.

1. BURNING BRIGHT
Without Burning Out

2. what does being
BURNED-OUT
feel/look like
for you?

4. On the other hand, you are in
balance when you are:
 Experiencing joy
 Experiencing peace
 Have gotten rid of high
maintenance/low impact
areas of your life
 Are looking at people,
not through them

5. What puts you on the road to
BURN-OUT

6. Depression Over Unmet Expectations
Much of depression is the result of
running out of emotional energy.
If in depression, you’ll look for ways
to cope: a secret life to bring
comfort to alleviate pain.

7. Focusing Entirely on Self or on Others
Myopia
Lack of self-care

8. Loss of vision/mission
Off-track/aimless
Going through
the motions

9. Taking the full load instead of delegating
Your shoulders
aren’t that broad!

10. Feeling alone; no positive feedback
Am I making
a difference?

11. Going outside your ability/gifting
Even Michael Jordan
failed…

12. Pleasing everyone
An insatiable quest
Work for need not
for approval

13. Too many commitments
Margin = Load - Limits

14. Lack of unity on staff or family
Constant conflict
wears on you!

15. Not having own cup/tank filled
You are on
empty.
Effective
leadership
can be
nullified by an
ineffective
personal life.

16. Avoid These Common
Burnout “Quick-Fixes”
Drink Alcohol
Excessive TV and video game time
Keep plugging away for 11
or more hours per day
Take dangerous risks
Hibernate Vent Binge-eat

17. Burnout Prevention Tips
Make a SYSTEM
of Self-Care
Save YourSelf Time,
Energy, and Money

18. Recognize the danger signs/gauges
What are your gauges to watch?
The faster you recognize and
correct your course, the more your
overall performance will improve.

19. Schedule a personal retreat
Sweet spot of your
strengths, OR ELSE …
you will live out another’s
script for your life and
burn out

20. Your Ideal Day:
WEEKDAY
Wake-up time
Before-work block
Arrival time at work
Morning/afternoon
work blocks
At-home evening
block
Bedtime
WEEKEND

21. Delegate routine tasks; empower
Delegate anything just you cannot do!
mow
lawn
Turn the rat race into a relay race.
The measure of your leadership is how
much you can get done through others.
Plan
luncheon
errands fix sink
carpool Other…
kids

22. Establish recovery time
Remember the
glass of water…

23. Step back…
The Breakout Principle: “a mental vacation”
Refocus: Rest (your soul) + Results
(your main things) + Response (other stuff)
DD WW AA
for a brief re-charge

24. Structure your days strategically
“Busyness does not
equal effectiveness.”
– Doug Fields

25. Structure your days strategically
“The 10% of time that you
take to plan your activities
carefully in advance …

26. 6. Structure your days strategically
“The 10% of time that you take to
plan your activities carefully in
advance will save you 90% of the
effort involved in undertaking and
completing the most important
tasks in your work day.”
…will save you 90% of the effort
involved in undertaking and
completing the most important tasks
in your work day.” ––Carol Carol Halsey
Halsey

27. Establish and enforce boundaries
Boundaries are the gate around
your property, controlling what of
you goes out and what gets in.
Your mantra: “I can only do what
I can do. I can’t do anymore.”
When you say NO, you say YES to
high priority people and tasks.

28. Establish and enforce boundaries
“Greatness of soul consists not so
much in soaring high and in
pressing forward, as in knowing
how to adapt and limit oneself.”
–Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Temporary discomfort (of saying
NO) is better than temporary ease
if it averts permanent failure.

29. Do it now; don’t procrastinate
Paperwork is like debris:
sweep it all into a pile and
block out a chunk of time to
sort it one shovel-full at a
time.

30. Get your tank filled regularly
Fills Drains
Idea-sharing talking on phone
Networking little details
Listening to music conflict
Waterfalls traffic

31. DEVELOP YOUR BURNOUT
PREVENTION HABITS
Make a SYSTEM
of Self-Care
Save YourSelf Time,
Energy, and Money

32. Develop a new habit/routine
Physically
Do cardio and weights
Hit the “off” button
Read the labels

33. Develop a new habit/routine
Spiritually
“Spiritual balance is the bedrock
that makes improvements in all
other areas of life sustainable.”
Giving more than hoarding
Your conscious mind can only hold
one thought at a time.

34. Develop a new habit/routine
Spiritually
Self-affirmations
“I am getting better daily.”
“My future is bright.”
“I can handle this.”
Say 3x’s aloud in a.m. followed by
post-mantra activity

35. Develop a new habit/routine
Socially
Forced Family Fun
Undivided attention
What do you want most in a
friend? “People that understand”
Look at 5 closest people:
boosters or drainers?

36. Develop a new habit/routine
Mentally
When one passion
is thriving, it shines
onto the rest of your life.

37. When Charged in these 4 areas:
 Your attitude is elevated.
 Your energy is expanded.
 Your relationships are
strengthened.
 Your thinking is unclouded.
 Your confidence is edified.
 Your judgment is precise.
 Your job performance soars.

38. 11. Hire a life-coach or counselor
.

39. Make a little
progress every day.
We are what we
repeatedly do.