Burnout lifesaver [Wise Wednesdays] There’s one reason for burnout: our models of human activity are off. We're taught that more, better, faster – and constant growth - is best. Hello Success Trap. But that’s a linear, industrial, messed up model. It has nothing to do with nature or reality. Growth is not meant to be endless. It is cyclical. Everything dynamic in the universe has a pattern of being ‘born, growing, evolving, declining and dying’ before the cycle st

Have you ever had a colleague who seems to be involved in everything and know everyone? Perhaps they’re described as ‘ambitious’ or ‘determined’?... More importantly, they don’t seem to have much of a notion of boundaries and can accidentally help themselves to your resources or take credit for your work?... You probably don’t mind their big organisational footprint but it’s the encroachment on your work and opportunities that’s annoying?... Well, you might have been dealing

Years ago, I had a colleague doctor who wanted to get more experience in the field and applied for a job in the military. He was asked how he felt about working for an organisation that killed people. He replied that he already did. We all know that healthcare systems don’t always serve their patients well. But it’s one thing to accept the inevitable probabilities of error and death, and another to watch people die because of lack of coordination, bad communication and poor l