📚 Week #28 of 52 in 2024

Three more books finished this week … I seem to be keeping my 2 nonfiction: 1 fiction ratio. 

“The Cure for Burnout” by Emily Ballesteros, M.A. 

I’ve read a LOT about productivity, stress & burnout but have never seen it framed the way Emily does in her book. Many insights with just a few I picked below. 

✔️ Burnout does not discriminate. It can affect anyone. 

‼️ Everyone deserves to live a life they love waking up to. 

3️⃣ Three types of burnout: social, volume & boredom

❓ If you were simply experiencing your life for yourself, instead of performing it for other people, what would you do more of?

❓Does your time reflect your values? 

💤 Rest doesn’t need to be earned. 

Self-care

❓What are your non-negotiables? (What do you need to be functional?)

3 types of self care: maintenance, rest, & refill

✔️ Prioritizing is a contact sport. 

‼️The conditions in which you do your work affect your productivity. 

⌛️ It would be a shame to reach the end of your life to realize your life was never your own. 

⭐️ Boundaries are a sign of capacity, not capability. 

😳 Many people choose a hard life over a hard conversation. 

‼️ You can’t outwork a broken system. 

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“Is Your Work Worth It?” By Christopher Wong Michaelson and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas 

This book with so many different intersecting pieces about work, from philosophy to research to historical context made me think in so many ways. Just a few of many highlights below … 

✔️ Three work orientations: job, career, calling. 

😇 “Halo bias” that can come with perceived calling-focused employees. 

😳 Sometimes the worthiest work is paid the least, if it is paid anything at all. 

‼️ A study found that people felt justified paying people less if the work was their passion. (Ugh HR professionals … we can be better than that.)

🤔 Our concepts of “important” work are shaped by many things we may or may not realize. 

❓What you want for your legacy may take some unraveling from the many ways that the world wants to tell you what it should be. 

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“Powerless" by Lauren Roberts

The first of a trilogy (I really like series and trilogies) with one of the best dedications I’ve seen: For every girl who has felt powerless. 

A book about a girl who both knows she is powerful and is learning more about her power. 

One of my favorite lines in this book: People aren’t born strong; they’re made that way.

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