Coping With Emotional Fatigue

It is Monday morning, and your alarm goes off. You hit snooze, but you do not go back to sleep. Instead, you just lay there as if weighed down by some physical force. Your body aches from an invisible source, and you feel exhausted despite getting “enough” sleep. If this sounds familiar, you are likely suffering from emotional fatigue. Emotional fatigue is defined as feeling emotionally drained, resulting from stress, whether personal or professional.

Move Out Of Your Own Way: No More Excuses

As you reflect on your day, how many times did you make an excuse for something? When you look back, were any of the excuses legitimate reasons not to pursue the task at hand? While it is not unusual to make excuses, it is the idea that excuses are permissible choices in our everyday lives that is problematic. But if poor reasoning is a problem, why do we use it so often? The act of making an excuse is caused by one of five reasons: fear, doubt, no motivation, lack of preparation, and complacency.

Time Management: Balancing Work/Life as an Entrepreneur

Starting a new business can be exciting. However, for many small business owners, the excitement can soon turn to a feeling of being overwhelmed as their business grows. Often, leaving your 40-hour workweek means welcoming a 50, 60, 70+ hour work week as you exchange your employee responsibilities for self-employed ones. Accountability and productivity now have a new meaning when you are more than a piece of a project; you may be responsible for the whole vision.