The ultimate guide — How to deal with failure and work burnout

in work •  6 years ago 

How to deal with a work burnout

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Mentally exhausted after a failure ? Want to stop doing what you do ? Want to quit your job

A burnout can be very tough and you may want to give up even though you know the wise thing to do is to continue. Therefore this post will give your some tips to crop with a work burnout.

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Remember why you started

The reasons that motivated you to start in the very beginning is likely to encourage you to pick things up where you left after the work burnout and work hard again in order to acquire what you wanted from doing the things in the very beginning.

Besides, knowing why you should go on with the work and endure all the pain along the way will give you motivation to keep going in work

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Motivational video
When you fail, you may need some external motivational sources to help you reignite your passion

Motivational videos are a good place to go. There are many good one in YouTube

for example :

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Remember that every successful people encounter failure before they succeed

for some examples, you can check out these posts

https://www.wanderlustworker.com/12-famous-people-who-failed-before-succeeding/

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/15-highly-successful-people-who-failed-their-way-success.html

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Calm down

the frustation and disappointment that come with a work burnout can be overwhelming, which will hinder your rational thinking, drive you to exaggerate the difficulties you face and cause you to act emotionally.

Hence, it is better for you to just calm down first, so that you can think more clearly later.

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Analyse why you failed

What leads to your failure ? Do you fail because of your laziness? Wrong strategies? Fear? Just bad luck ? Or other factors ? You may find that you fail not because things don’t work or you do not have enough resources but because of your execution. If this is the case, you will realize that things may start to work if you execute it better ——- work harder, work smarter and be more consistent

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Think about how to improve
If you can improve what you do, there are more chances to succeed, so you don’t need to give up your work in a work burnout.

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List out all the reasons that you use to convince yourself to give up and examine whether they are valid

By listing out our reasons to give up we will be clear about what drive us to give up a work burnout and it becomes easier to analyze whether the reasons are solid or not.

If the reasons are just unreasonable excuses, then you know you should not give up on the work burnout

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Determine how many resources you need to restart

You may realize that you can easily get right back at it or get back with minimal cost after the work burnout and you know there is potential for that thing to work. Why don’t give it another try ?

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List the pros and cons of giving up and not giving up the work

This helps you to analyze the pros and cons of giving up and not giving up the work in a comprehensive and clear way, helping you to make the best decision in a work burnout

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What to do instead, after you gave up
If you really decide to quit after a work burnout, you should decide what you would do after giving up. Doing so will ensure that you will still be working towards your goals, just through another method.

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Afterall, we should determine whether our work is worth pursuing. If it is worthwhile, then you should overcome your burnout and continue your work.

A burnout is tough but dealing with it is necessary to become successful

so I hope this post will help you

for more related posts :
23 signs that your job may not be suitable for you

https://lifeston.com/signs-of-unsuitable-job/

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