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BATTLING BURNOUT
Address the six motivators for enjoying work |
by Erick Lauber, PhD

oriawasn’thappyatwork. encedbypeoplewhovolunteerforotheror-
lIt wasn’t that she hated her 1 INNERACCOMPLISHMENT
The remarkable time and energy some ganizations, but it can also be encouraged

job or anything like that. people put in to their work can only be in the workplace.
Her co-workers were ine understood as an “inner drive.” Seeking

and she didn’t mind the
a personal sense of accomplishment is
type of work she did. In natural and can be harnessed every day 3 PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Many get enjoyment from the individual

Gfact, she thought she did it pretty well. Of by millions of workers and employers. It relationships they experience at work. It
course, she wanted more money, but who can be described as “taking pride in one’s helps them look forward to each day. The

doesn’t? Something else was bothering her. work” or a sense that “this is what I was laughter, the camaraderie, the forgiveness,
At some basic level she simply didn’t enjoy meant to do.” Whether the objectives are and even occasional stress are all some-

coming to work.
short-term or long-term, making progress thing they enjoy and know they wouldn’t
Gloria’s issue was a common one. toward a goal makes all of us feel good.
want to live without. But not everyone is

Employees sometimes lose sight of what the same, and certainly we’re not all our
makes their work worthwhile. They get best self every single day. Enlightened

run-down, burnt out, and de-motivated. 2 THE GREATER GOOD
Many of us are motivated by a sense of managers respect this basic human need

To help Gloria and the millions like her, it is community—the feeling that we are part to connect with others and allow it, if not
necessary to look at the underlying causes. of something larger and that life isn’t just encourage it, in their workplace. Has Glo-

There are at least six diferent reasons why about our own individual needs and wants. ria’s manager given her the opportunity to
we enjoy work, ignoring money, of course.
This particular joy and peace is experi-
connect with others?

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