Welcome to Darin Daily On Demand, your most trusted resource to help you become better

every day.

Here's your success mentor, Darin Hardy.

All right, let's just put this out there.

Burnout is bullpucky, 99% of the time, at least, in my opinion.

The World Health Organization officially recognized Burnout as an occupational phenomenon

that results from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.

The key part of that definition is, has not been successfully managed.

In other words, it, the job, or them, the boss or manager, is not the problem.

They are.

Most often, it is not your workload that is to blame, but your work habits.

I have seen this up close with the teams that I've led.

Those who perpetually, regardless of the workload, procrastinate until the last minute constantly

suffering from Parkinson's law.

They say they don't have time, or are so busy, yet I see them trafficking in the trivial

and the shallow, getting involved in other people's work, allowing inputs of constant distraction,

spending most hours in active non-action and creative avoidance.

All the while, they never, or seldom, control themselves enough to do deep work.

You know, the actual creative and productive work that they are paid to deliver?

We call deep work on our team, and inside, and same productivity, jam sessions.

These 100% distraction-free, focused sessions on one creative project, in blocks of 45

or 90 minutes.

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