From the course: Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing

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Using appreciation to spot, manage, and reverse burnout

Using appreciation to spot, manage, and reverse burnout

From the course: Project Manager Burnout: Recognizing, Disrupting, and Reversing

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Using appreciation to spot, manage, and reverse burnout

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- It's just green, said my friend as we gazed across the hills in Western Massachusetts. It was a lovely day in June with mild temperatures and fluffy clouds tracking across the blue sky, casting shadows on the hills. The trees were every shade of green. It was four months to the day since I had resigned my project manager job because of burnout. Standing there, my mind was, for the first time in a long time, uncluttered. Then I found myself back in the mode of self-criticism and recrimination. How had I reached this point where everything just felt like too much effort? What I did not realize was that my appreciation for the scenery was a clue to how I was going to come back. Appreciation of beauty and excellence or appreciation is one of 24 researched character strengths. There are three types of appreciation. Natural beauty, sometimes this is described as awe. There is appreciation for skills and excellence, a…

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