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Reclaiming The Fire: How Successful People Overcome Burnout The definitive work on avoiding burnout, written by the psychologist who is the leading specialist on the issue. An illuminating and useful book for anyone coping with the pressures of work. In Reclaiming the Fire, Dr. Steven Berglas analyzes the rises and falls of corporate executives, middle managers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and others as they struggle to handle the trappings of successful careers. How does one deal with encore anxiety, the monotony of having to use talents that are no longer psychologically rewarding? Why is it that our national obsession with wealth traps people in careers that often lead them to wonder, "Is that all there is?" And why do highly successful people often set themselves up for disastrous falls? Dr. Berglas answers all these questions and many more in this groundbreaking book by discussing real people whose careers have left them feeling pressured, burdened, and jaded. In his most progressive and striking contribution to the literature on career success, Dr. Berglas debunks the persistent myth that women suffer more stress and burnout than men. He disproves the common claim that women involved both in careers and in family life suffer from trying to have it all, and he demonstrates how the drive to form close interpersonal ties a drive that is intrinsic to women can actually prevent both men and women from experiencing burnout. In a related analysis of the mentoring process, Dr. Berglas shows why it is more important for careerists to build legacies for future generations (a process he terms generativity) than to become obsessed with their own personal success. He proves that the process not only benefits the student but provides the mentor with psychological satisfaction and even improved physical health. Reclaiming the Fire uses the working world not the psychiatric
couch as a venue for understanding the psychological and emotional
burdens of success. It is the first comprehensive account of how
to balance self-esteem and ambition while maintaining challenge
and stimulation throughout your career.
"Dr. Berglas's book provides invaluable insight into what
it takes to achieve the balance necessary to maintain the drive
to succeed." "I have seen firsthand the kinds of burnout issues and situations Dr. Berglas so eloquently describes in this book. His comprehensive grasp of what causes burnout and, more important, how we can remedy it is first-rate. Reclaiming the Fire is a must-read for anyone feeling the pressure in this fast-paced, go-go world."-Tom Matthews, vice president, human resources, AOL International "Reclaiming the Fire demonstrates Dr. Berglas's uncanny understanding of what makes people tick. In it he provides great insight and practical strategies for executives intent upon keeping the flames of career passion roaring."-Roger S. Berkowitz, president and CEO, Legal Sea Foods, Inc. "Reclaiming the Fire is a remarkable book. Few people are
as gifted as Steve Berglas at getting into the psyche of businesspeople
and unveiling it layer by layer so that the rest of us can begin
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity Discover David Allen's powerful methods and vastly increase your personal organization, efficiency, and creative results - at work and in life. In today's world of exponentially increased communications and responsibility, yesterday's methods for staying on top of it all just don't work. Veteran management consultant and trainer David Allen recognizes that "time management" is useless the minute your schedule is interrupted; "setting priorities " isn't relevant when your email is down; "procrastination solutions" won't help if your goals aren't clear. Instead, Allen shares with readers the proven strategies he has introduced in seminars across the country and at top organizations including Microsoft, Lockheed and the U.S. Department of Justice. The key to Getting Things Done? Relaxation. Allen's premise is simple: our ability to be productive is directly
proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear
and our thoughts are organized can we achieve stress-free productivity
and unleash our creative potential. He teaches us how to: From core principles (decide the very next action for everything on your to-do list) to proven tricks (use the two-minute rule to determine which tasks to do immediately and which to defer), Getting Things Done has the potential to transform the way you work - and the way you experience work. At any level of implementation, David Allen's entertaining and thought provoking advice shows you how to pick up the pace without wearing yourself down.
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| Keeping Work Simple: Solutions
for a Saner Workplace Don Aslett, Carol Cartaino (Contributor), Gwen Steege (Editor) Storey Books Well-known time management expert and crusader against clutter, Don Aslett, offers principles and practical tips for simplifying any work environment to achieve maximum job satisfaction and peak performance. - From Inside the Cover: De-junking guru Don Aslett offers hundreds of tips for eliminating
the clutter that saps strength and stifles creativity. Keeping Work
Simple addresses all aspects of your work life with practical advice
on how to: Don Aslett is the author of numerous best-selling books including
The Office Clutter Cure, How to Have a 48-Hour Day, Clutter's Last
Stand, and Not for Packrats Only. Carol Cartaino is editorial director
for Don Aslett, Inc., and owner of White Oaks Editions, an editorial
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| Slack: Getting Past Burnout,
Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency Tom DeMarco Broadway Books - From the Publisher: Why is it that today's superefficient organizations are ailing? Tom DeMarco, a leading management consultant to both Fortune 500 and up-and-coming companies, reveals a counterintuitive principle that explains why efficiency efforts can slow a company down. That principle is the value of slack, the degree of freedom in a company that allows it to change. Implementing slack could be as simple as adding an assistant to a department and letting high-priced talent spend less time at the photocopier and more time making key decisions, or it could mean designing workloads that allow people room to think, innovate, and reinvent themselves. It means embracing risk, eliminating fear, and knowing when to go slow. Slack allows for change, fosters creativity, promotes quality, and, above all, produces growth. With an approach that works for new- and old-economy companies alike, this revolutionary handbook debunks commonly held assumptions about real-world management, and gives you and your company a brand-new model for achieving and maintaining true effectiveness. "An irreverent counterpoint to treatises about corporate efficiency. Brisk, compelling, and hard to put down." -Financial Executive "Tom DeMarco goes after one of the most pervasive and pernicious myths of business--that humans are efficient the same way machines are. Slack will change the way you manage and understand your business." -David Weinberger, author of The Cluetrain Manifesto "In times of many layoffs, shrinking staffs, vanishing 'think time,' middle managerial heads rolling, and mounting pressure to produce more faster . . . there are few limits on who can get some thoughts from [Slack]." -CNN.com
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