Taking a Break from Burn Out

Work burn out is real. So often employers dismiss it and treat it as a weakness in the employee. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Let me ask you this question, would you want to have a surgery from a doctor who is exhausted mentally, emotionally or physically? Of course not.

Some professions actually do recognize the need to protect their employees from burn out, and offer sabbaticals. But not every profession does this practice.

The fact is at some point in our career we will feel exhausted. The stress of life and your career has finally come to a pinnacle. Here comes burn out.

You believe you can’t quit, but at the same time you don’t have the same effectiveness or efficiency to do your job. Burn out is looming, what do you do?

On this episode of A New Direction, marketing executive and entrepreneur and executive coach Laura Nguyen joins us to talk about how to take a break from your burn-out, save your life, and still have a career.

Laura Nguyen‘s book, “Career Break Compass: Navigating Your Path to a Balanced Life Through Intentional Time Off” comes out November 12th.

The book is so insightful, and full of the research that Laura Nguyen has conducted.  If you ever thought that “burn out” wasn’t real, or only for the weak…think again.

Career Break Compass takes us on a journey to understand what burn out really is, the symptoms, and how we respond to it.

Laura then takes us further along by helping us understand that we are not helpless, we have choices, they may be tough choices, but we can take a break.

Career Break Compass gives us the step-by-step process to negotiate a break from work, how to plan your break, structuring your break and getting back to work after the break.

This is one of those books that if you are struggling with burn out will help you get to the other side.  Truly a must lead for those struggling and for leaders for prevention.