Every “how to succeed in business” manual out there tells you to find your passion and pursue it with unrelenting focus. That advice goes against every fiber of my being. I am what Barbara Sher calls a scanner. And, unless you are a scanner, you probably can’t even begin to imagine what it is like to be given that advice.
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My burnout turned out to be caused by a utter and complete boreout. Which I was in total denial from.
Yes, burnout doesn’t necessarily mean that you can handle high pressure, it can also be caused by not being stressed enough. And workload may not have anything to do with it at all.
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A developer by trade, an eternal student by heart, I am now turning to teaching.
Or rather: I am now turning to sharing and hoping that someone might learn something from it so I can lay claim to being a teacher in the future.
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Google is your friend, but…
Still grinning with what happened a few minutes ago.
After replyting to Warren Postma’s comment on my “Like it or not, humans are emotional beings, and yes that includes males” post, I wondered whether he would see my reply.
WordPress does offer a “Notify me of follow-up comments via email”
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