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Methods to Achieve Burnout - Secrets Every CEO should know.

(First published in SBN Online, February 8, 2002)
By Patti Bertschler, MA, LPCC

1. Work long hours – especially nights and Saturdays.
Try to work right up to the last minute on all holidays.

2. Take on lots of challenging projects and book them
one after another, preferably three or four in a row.
Think about them even when you are not at work—at
dinner and at 3 A.M. are good times.

3. Take just one vacation a year if you must. But carry
along professional reading and idea books to read in
your hotel room. Remember to check your messages for phone calls every day.

4. Read the same old stuff. If you’re into a traditional leadership style, stay loyal to your idols. Don’t believe anyone else has a worthwhile idea.

5. Note how your employees seem to subvert everything
you try to do—how they seem to like you when business
is good and then turn against you when sales are down.
And howthey offer to help with events in the planning stages, and then back off when you put up volunteer
request sign.

6. Base your self esteem solely on yourwork. Don’t seek a
personal life. Your employees need you too much.

7. Don’t spend any money on a nice office. Why would you
want to be in a comfortable, attractive setting all day?

8. Believe you can be a winner on every project. Whether
it involves a fundraising event, a corporate challenge, goal
to increase sales by 15% in the next quarter—bring it all on!
And remember, it there’s no progress, it’s your fault.

9. Don’t even think about listening to relaxing music in the
car between appointments. You’ve got calls to return on your
cell phone and an introduction to prepare for tonight’s dinner
with the mayor.

10. Live your life without friends, lovers, or family. If you
have accidentally acquired a family, ignore them. If you
are alone, keep on searching for Ms. or Mr. Right – even if it
takes a lifetime. Never settle for the merely human.


Adapted from Richard Belson, DSW (New York) by Patti Bertschler in her stress-free office at Northcoast Conflict Solutions, Independence, OH

 

 

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