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Chapter 10 Burnout!

Chapter 10 Burnout!. Robert Holmes. This material may be used without fee or charge, providing relevant acknowledgement is made about authorship. No replication, printing or use in training Institutions without prior written permission. . Burnout!.

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Chapter 10 Burnout!

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  1. Chapter 10 Burnout! Robert Holmes This material may be used without fee or charge, providing relevant acknowledgement is made about authorship. No replication, printing or use in training Institutions without prior written permission.

  2. Burnout! • I have always had an interest in this subject • YWAM address “If you are living in your destiny, you cannot burnout”… he did • Running at the ragged edge. • Interviewed leaders

  3. What is stress? • 40% of all workers today feel overworked, pressured, anxious and depressed. • They get sick as a result. • 80% of visits to GP’s stem from stress related complaints

  4. What is stress? • Stress is a mental and physiological response to events in our lives. • There are two kinds of stress: one saves us, the other kills us. • When we come under a stressor our brain releases adrenaline

  5. What is tress? • A short burst of adrenaline creates one of three responses: • Fight, the enemy I am facing • Freight, feeling terror and fear • Flight, run away quickly.

  6. What does it do? • Adrenaline increases our awareness, gives us strength and blood flows away from our extremities toward our vital organs • However if we prolong our adrenal response other things happen to us.

  7. What is burnout? • Our brain releases norepinephrine and cortisol which have other effects: • We have increased blood pressure: blood coagulation is increased to stem bleeding • And enhanced stamina • In addition…

  8. What is burnout? • Lowered testosterone levels • Higher thyroid response • Release of fatty cells into bloodstream • We become oversensitive to environmental issues • Our capacity to process food effectively becomes impaired.

  9. Lower immune response • Perhaps worst of all, our immune system becomes suppressed. • The bones slow or surpress their production of white blood cells.

  10. What causes long term burnout? Causes:Lack of taking a day off – take one off every seven!Lack of holiday’s – make sure you take regular breaks each yearLack of delegation – learn to trust others

  11. What causes long term burnout? Causes:Managing the expectation of others – don’t allow other people’s expectations to drive your lifeThe Martyr complex – feeling busy, important and being too serious

  12. What causes long term burnout? Causes:Information overload – cut yourself off from extraneous informationFeel disempowered.

  13. Externalities • Petrol prices – se by other countries • Interest rates – set by banks and government • Food prices – controlled by transport costs • Things over which you have no control

  14. Contact Details For more information contact Storm Harvest www.stormharvest.com.au www.balancingact.me Cootamundra, NSW Australia Cape Girardeau, Missouri USA Johanessburg, Gauteng Sth Africa Ponnur, Andra Pradesh India Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao Philippines

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