Preventing Job Burnout : Transforming Work Pressures into Productivity

TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CONTENTS -- WHAT IS JOB BURNOUT? -- BURNOUT SYMPTOMS -- WHO'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURNOUT? -- TEST: Are you Burning Out? -- MOTIVATIONAL NUTRIENTS -- "Wins" for Good Work -- Negative Wins -- IDENTIFY THE WINS -- Case Study Discussions -- FEELINGS OF CONTROL -- WORK AS HELL -- Sustaining Motivation -- Learned Helplessness: A Scientific Study -- DEMOTIVATING WORK SITUATIONS -- What Is the Burnout Potential of Your Job? -- INCREASING MOTIVATION THROUGH PERSONAL POWER -- PATHS TO PERSONAL POWER -- MANAGING YOURSELF: THE FIRST PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Self-Management -- PERSONAL GOAL SETTING -- Go to the Doing Level -- Set Better Goals -- EXERCISE: Goal Setting -- ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS THROUGH SMALL STEPS -- Set Yourself Up to Win -- Stretch Yourself -- Make Getting There Fun -- HOW TO SET OBJECTIVES -- Identify Steps and Create a Map -- Begin at the End -- Create a Map -- CASE STUDY: Janice's Map -- Taking Steps to My Goal -- Determining Small Steps -- Create Your Map -- DEFINE OBJECTIVES BY THE RESULTS YOU WILL ACHIEVE -- An Objective -- A Good Objective States What Will Be Achieved-But Not How -- A Good Objective Is Measurable -- A Good Objective Is Attainable -- A Good Objective Has a Completion Date -- The Result I Will Achieve -- Identify My Objective -- Giving Yourself "Wins" for Successes -- My Want List -- PUT TOGETHER A PLAN OF ACTION -- My Action Plan -- The Self-Contract -- Summary of Self-Management -- MANAGING STRESS: THE SECOND PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- How Burnout Is Stressful -- OBJECTIVE OF STRESS MANAGEMENT -- Controlling Stress -- Create a Personal Stress Log -- DISCOVER YOUR PERSONAL STRESS PATTERNS -- Stress Patterns Analysis -- STRESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES -- Breathing Correctly -- Breath Control Technique -- IDENTIFYING TENSION -- SYSTEMATICALLY RELAX MUSCLES