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Semi-Monthly News
Winning the Battle
Against Burnout
Part 2 | May 2009
In this
Issue:
page 2
Legal Corner
Mortgage Update
page 3
April Company Statistics
page 4
Cover Story Continued
page 5
Cover Story Continued
Helpful...
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Semi-Monthly News
Winning the Battle
Against Burnout
Part 2 | May 2009
In this
Issue:
page 2
Legal Corner
Mortgage Update
page 3
April Company Statistics
page 4
Cover Story Continued
page 5
Cover Story Continued
Helpful TIPS
page 6
Up-Coming Events
The New York Times
By: Claudia H.
Deutsch
MICHAEL STAVER remembers exactly when he
knew he was burning out.
He was in the Atlanta airport, en route to what felt
like the millionth presentation that he would make
that month.
He sensed his mental systems shutting
down, one by one.
“I’m exhausted, I’m sitting among these odors and
screaming babies, and I decided, on the spot, I’d had
enough,” he said.
That was over [five] years ago.
Today, Mr.
Staver,
[47], still runs the Staver Group, his executive training
company on Amelia Island, Fla.
But he now has a
staff of people who give at least half the speeches
he used to give, and hold even more of the training
sessions.
He spends a lot more time writing, and
working one on one with senior executives — the
part of the job he loves most.
A few clients balked at first, but they came around.
“I had nurtured a culture of dependency on the part
of my clients,” Mr.
Staver said.
“I had to break them
of the idea they had to get all their attention from me
alone.
”
Substitute “boss” or “significant other” for “clients,”
and the concept is as applicable to burnout in jobs
and relationships as it is to leadership.
Often, Mr.
Staver maintains, a boss will lighten a workload, a
spouse will let you spend Thursday night with your
friends — if only you ask.
And if they won’t?
Acknowledge failure, and move on.
continued on pages 4 & 5
See Michael Staver live at the
up-comingRE/MAXMarqueePartners,
Inc.
Companywide BusinessMeeting
June 10, 2009 • Hilton lAX Hotel
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