Listen "Dealing with Motivation Ruts and Burnout"
Episode Synopsis
2020 was an especially challenging year. And this year continues to require some extra effort to start and finish things that matter. Even if you’ve built a business for yourself (like I did), you can still have creative exhaustion and feel trapped by your work. Maintaining discipline is more critical than having motivation. Preserve your energy and leave some fuel in the tank. Steady, daily progress through discipline allows you to cultivate long-term motivation. When you have autonomy, discretion, rewards that you value, social support, fair policies, and meaningful work, you feel more engaged and less burnt out. In episode 30 of The Incrementalist podcast, you will learn:1. Small, key things to do when you're in a motivation rut and feeling depleted2. Why maintaining discipline is more important than having motivation3. The three key dimensions of the burnout-engagement continuum, as defined by Dr. Christina Maslach and Dr. Michael Lieter: exhaustion-energy cynicism-involvement inefficacy-efficacy4. The six workplace factors that trigger burnout:workplace overloadlack of control over your workinsufficient rewardlack of communityabsence of fairnessconflicting values5. External factors and rewards don't always match with internal drivers and intrinsic motivation6. How a unique framework -- the Motivation Code (MCODE) -- helps you to understand what motivates you and why7. The Motivation Code includes 27 motivational themes that are grouped into six motivational families: VisionaryAchieve PotentialMake an ImpactExperience the IdealAchieverMeet the ChallengeOvercomeBring to CompletionAdvanceTeam PlayerCollaborateMake the GradeServeInfluence BehaviorLearnerComprehend and ExpressMasterDemonstrate New LearningExploreOptimizerOrganizeMake it RightImproveMake it WorkDevelopEstablishKey ContributorEvoke RecognitionBring ControlBe UniqueBe CentralGain OwnershipExcel8. What motivates you does not always include work that you love, but involves work that allows you to accomplish what really matters to you. 9. Use clean fuel to motivate your work and create possibilities, meaning and significance to feel alive and engaged, instead of depleted and drained. Read the Transcript. Resources cited:Christina Maslach & Michael P. Leiter, The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What to Do About ItTodd Henry with Rodd Penner, Todd W. Hall and Joshua Miller, The Motivation Code: Discover the Hidden Forces that Drive Your Best WorkDyan Williams, Attorney Burnout: The High Cost of OverworkMusic by:Sebastian Brian Mehr: Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve (hearnow.com)Dyan WilliamsCheck out the book: The Incrementalist, A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small StepsVisit website: www.dyanwilliams.comSubscribe to productivity e-newsletter
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