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Burnout prevention training notes

Burnout prevention

  • burnout vs flow
  • prevention : not get unhappier

Greeting task of each other, your company

The background info is very important

How does your Monday start?

  • Think positive

Positive spiral. Brain is like a computer filter. When it is told to some negative things, will look for a match.

  • The truth

On Monday, 10% more heart attacks

Happyness at work is very important

You spend 30-40% of time at work

Smiling excersise

A - B : A smiles, B not. It is very hard to resist not to smile

What does yout job mean to you?

Vocation, a hobby, Simply work, Financial source, A place where I can escape

Try to find the meaning

What is burnout?

Relationship with your job Affects almost any kind of professions. Except : ~ self employed repairman kind

state of physical emotional and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding; It's like depression, but here the cause is not internal

3 dimensions

  • emotional exhaustion
  • depersonalization
    • "You start to build a wall between you and your work"
    • haters
  • reduced personal accomplishment
    • When you enter "worn out state", you should ask for help

5 thinks

burnout ...

  1. ... is a serious thing
  2. ... is a process
  3. ... is a normal reaction
  4. ... is easier to prevent
  5. ... your decisions

Reasons

  • managers (and the company)
  • micro management
  • customers or clients
  • repetative tasks
  • unreasable expectation
  • not appreachiated enough
  • not challenging
  • very short deadlines ( side effects of SCRUM )

Examples

  • Youtube the 7 red lines video

Outcome

can cause disorders, mental illness, depression there is a connection.

  • Depression

    • 53% had burnout -> depression
  • Anxiety disorder

    • 21% had burnout
    • 8%
    • 2% had no burnout
  • Alcoholic

  • Musculoskeletal 47%,36%,28%

  • Cardiovascular

important

private life burnout can cause to loose your social network

The process of burnout has 12 phases

  1. The compulsion to prove oneself
  • will indicate that you are alone
  1. working harder
  2. neglecting your needs
  • spending time off
  1. displacement of conflict
  • trying to get vitamins, sport to be healthier
  1. revision of values
  • no more hobbies
  1. denial of emerging problems
  • you do not listen to people who want to help you
  1. withdrawal
  2. obvious behavioral changes
  • temper change : kind person with sense of humor get an angry people
  1. depersonalization
  • living life as a dream or nightmare
  1. inner emptiness
  2. depression
  • from step 9 you should ask for help
  1. the burnout syndrome

what can show me .. (Q/A)

  • we forget about.. family, not beeing alone, needs
  • lets slow down

plan the resources

In Scrum : s.master can

  • push back a task in the middle of the sprint
  • feedback on retrospective

Brent : Management and Leadership is different

  • leadership training

Other

  • Multitask is minus10 iq
  • no ballance can be harmfull
  • it's something like charging our phone
  • support from leaders

Preventing burnout

  • Should aware of the key of our own happiness and current state.
  • be aware about your goals
  • spend more time with your loved ones The ultimate carieer is the home-made one. All the others are just for supporting your main goals.
  • more time with friends
  • leave time for yourself, slow down, have your time.

Signs are first loosing hobbies, friends, family.

  • Learn to say NO!

Saying no in scrum

New task in the middle of the sprint can be introduced, only when the whole sprint content is dropped.

  • change the environment
  • be a team player, work in a team, do not work alone
  • try to find the challenges - make trainings
  • make fun, find the things what makes you happy
  • remember why you choosed this
  • find your strengths and use them in your daily work
  • take a break and relax
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