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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n1. Pause\nbefore you say yes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a quest to be indispensable, some people bite\noff more than they can chew. If being a \u201cyes-to-everything\u201d person is leading\nyou to the brink of burnout, the first step is to understand what\u2019s causing\nyour inability to set boundaries around your workload, says clinical\npsychologist Michelle Golland, Psy.D. Could it be, for instance, that you\u2019re a\npeople-pleaser, and you have a long-held belief that saying no will lead to\nrejection? Or does it come down to a need to control, and not trusting your\ncolleagues to do a good job if you let them take the lead? Once you\u2019re clear\nwith yourself about your motivation, you may be more willing to let things go.\nSpoiler alert: Having too much on your plate can compromise the quality of your\nwork, and that\u2019s not a good strategy for winning over your boss \u2014 or anyone\nelse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. <\/strong>Look for the grey areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Black and white thinking can lead you to take on\ntoo much and risk burning out. After all, if \u201cno\u201d isn\u2019t a realistic option, you\nmight assume your only option is to say \u201cyes\u201d. But there\u2019s usually a grey area\nor middle ground \u2014 a way to be a team player and contribute value without doing\nit all. For instance, if a higher-up asks for your involvement on a project and\nyou truly don\u2019t have the bandwidth to take it on, you can still provide support\nor offer to be a sounding board or a second pair of eyes, Golland suggests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. <\/strong>Train yourself to clock out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For an overachiever, there may be no end to the\nworkday. But regularly letting work spill into your \u201coff-hours\u201d can lead to\nburnout over time. To prevent this, create your schedule so you have a set\nnumber of days per week where working late is simply not an option. And to make\nsure your most important tasks are getting done on these days, divide your\nto-do list into two columns: \u201ccritical\u201d and \u201ccan wait.\u201d Then, prioritize\naccordingly. At Thrive we call this \u201crelentless prioritization\u201d and \u201cgetting\ncomfortable with incompletions.\u201d Ultimately, embracing incompletions allows you\nto leave the office so you can recharge \u2014 and bring your indispensable self to\nwork again the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Calling all overachievers. By Mallory Stratton \u201cI couldn\u2019t have done this without you.\u201d Those words, when they come out of a manager\u2019s mouth, may be music to our eager-to-please ears. But a desire to be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[88,87],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","tag-health","tag-work"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/towncryyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/02_signs_headed_burnout_work_exhausted_PeopleImages-1024x683.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1\")
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