成就感有助缓解工作疲乏
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align10="justify">Job burnout is as much about your dreams as it is about your work, because burnout is the gap between your expectations and your ability to meet them. 工作疲乏不但和工作有关,同样也和梦想也有关。 因为工作疲乏是你的期望值和实现期望所需要的能力之间的差距。

So burnout isn't about how many hours you work. It's about whether the hours you work bring you the desired results. 因此,疲乏和工作时间没关系,而是和花了这些时间后有没有给你带来期望的结果有关。

It's the Work, Not the Hours

在于工作,不在于时间

For example, if you have very flexible hours and can go on an early date, go back to work after dinner, and still get eight hours of sleep, then a 100-hour workweek might be fine for you.

In fact, in her book "Career Burnout: Causes and Cures," Ben-Gurion University professor Ayala Pines found that serial1 entrepreneurs, known for working very long hours, were the workers least prone2 to burnout. (Those most prone are pediatric nurses in burn units, she discovered.)

According to Christina Maslach, a professor of psychology3 at the University of California, Berkeley, burnout doesn't come from overwork, but from an inability to get what you need from work. She should know -- she created the widely used Maslach Burnout Inventory4 to test one's level of burnout.

Pay Attention to the Signs

注意以下这些迹象

In a great New York magazine story about burnout published in 2006, which I've drawn5 from throughout this article, Jennifer Senior described the six areas of burnout to watch out for:

1. Working too much.

工作量太大

2. Working in an unjust environment.

不公平的工作环境

3. Working with little social support.

社会支持少

4. Working with little agency or control.

工作几乎没有机构或控制

5. Working in the service of values we loathe6.

为我们厌恶的价值观工作

6. Working for insufficient7 reward, whether the currency is money, prestige, or positive feedback.

获得的酬谢不够,不论是金钱,名望还是积极的反馈。

The effect of burnout is depersonalization, claims Columbia University psychology professor (and burnout sufferer) Barry Farber. In Senior's article, he says that it's not that people are uncaring, but "their level of caring cannot be sustained in the absence of results."

Senior describes it more poetically8: "People who are suffering from burnout tend to describe the sensation in metaphors9 of emptiness -- they're a dry teapot over a high flame, a drained battery that can no longer hold its charge." This is no small thing, and we should all be alert to it

Get Real

实际一点

What can you do? Align your expectations with reality. Senior reports a body of research that shows younger people burn out faster because of their unrealistic expectations, and older people have more perspective based on their experience. But this is hard to control, because if you don't have experience, what can you do except build it up over time?

Fortunately, there's a portion you can control no matter how old you are, because like almost everything else about happiness, it comes down to your connections with other people. Maslach found that married people burn out less often than unmarried ones because a spouse11 provides another means for fulfillment besides a job. And Pines found that people are more prone to burnout in societies that value the individual above family or community.

So make sure you're reaching your goals and maintaining close friendships. You'll be less likely to burn out. 所以,一定要在向着目标前进的同时拥有亲密的友谊。那么你将不容易感到疲乏。

Remembrance of Jobs Past

回忆过去的工作

The bottom line is that you are, to some extent, dependent on your job to keep you from burning out. For example, we subscribe12 to many myths about workplace stress, but it's really whether or not we like our work that determines whether or not it's stressful.

If you don't have a good job, think about the last time that you did, and try to put those elements back into place. In fact, promotions13 frequently lead to burnout, because people are promoted from doing something they're great at into a role they have no proven talent for. Researchers have found that in many cases, being promoted is rated as more stressful than divorce -- by people who have endured both, of course.

So get good at your job, and expect to progress. But when you do, make it a high priority to put into place the features of a good job mentioned above -- the kind that keep people from burning out. 做自己擅长的工作、一心向前吧。 但是一定要考虑好这是不是一份好工作——即拥有那些防止疲乏的特征。

                                                                                                                                                                    by Penelope Trunk

                                                                                                                        Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 12:00AM



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1 serial 0zuw2     
n.连本影片,连本电视节目;adj.连续的
参考例句:
  • A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
  • Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗?
2 prone 50bzu     
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
参考例句:
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
3 psychology U0Wze     
n.心理,心理学,心理状态
参考例句:
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
4 inventory 04xx7     
n.详细目录,存货清单
参考例句:
  • Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
  • We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。
5 drawn MuXzIi     
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
参考例句:
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
6 loathe 60jxB     
v.厌恶,嫌恶
参考例句:
  • I loathe the smell of burning rubber.我厌恶燃着的橡胶散发的气味。
  • You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时,你会厌恶油腻的气味。
7 insufficient L5vxu     
adj.(for,of)不足的,不够的
参考例句:
  • There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
  • In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代,科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。
8 poetically 35a5a6f7511f354d52401aa93d09a277     
adv.有诗意地,用韵文
参考例句:
  • Life is poetically compared to the morning dew. 在诗歌中,人生被比喻为朝露。 来自辞典例句
  • Poetically, Midsummer's Eve begins in flowers and ends in fire. 仲夏节是富有诗意的节日,它以鲜花领航,在篝火旁完美落幕。 来自互联网
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隐喻( metaphor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I can only represent it to you by metaphors. 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
  • Thus, She's an angel and He's a lion in battle are metaphors. 因此她是天使,他是雄狮都是比喻说法。
10 align fKeyZ     
vt.使成一线,结盟,调节;vi.成一线,结盟
参考例句:
  • Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
  • There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。
11 spouse Ah6yK     
n.配偶(指夫或妻)
参考例句:
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
12 subscribe 6Hozu     
vi.(to)订阅,订购;同意;vt.捐助,赞助
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  • I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
  • The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。
13 promotions ea6aeb050f871384f25fba9c869cfe21     
促进( promotion的名词复数 ); 提升; 推广; 宣传
参考例句:
  • All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
  • He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。
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