As I started saying yesterday, a ‘most excellent’ way for you to diminish overwhelm is to do more of what boosts your energy. So, you may ask, “How Do I Do That?”
I’m sure you won’t be shocked to read that my recommendation for the first thing you have to do is know what it is that [...]
Tags: energy, just whelmed, overwhelm, positive, stress
In case you haven’t memorized this yet…’failure is a comma, not a period.’ Lynne Ford
This is the last in our series (unless you all prompt me with more!) Remember, you have have failed before, lived to tell about it, and you will fail again. So, consider this:
5. Some failures are a result of something outside of [...]
As Lynne Ford says, ‘failure is a comma, not a period.’
This is the theme of this series of posts. As you observe the failures that you have experienced (and that you will again) consider the truth of this statement:
2. Some failures are major reliefs. Let’s say you submitted a proposal for a large federal [...]
Tags: academia, failure, federal grant, projects, stress, success
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Persistence
Persistence
A defining aspect of a toxic academic work environment is whether or not the behavior persists. Are you experiencing a situation that even after talking with someone about particular behaviors, attitudes, or something else, the person persists – or it even [...]
Tags: academic bullying, Professors, stress, toxic work environment
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Severity
Severity
The severity is a key issue to take a look at. When someone murmurs “Oh gosh, I can’t believe we’ve got this meeting again” or, “Who made her queen?” or similar statements that sometimes people make, that’s not that the end [...]
Tags: academic bullying, Professors, stress, toxic work environment
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Loss of good people
Loss of good people
In a toxic environment, you also start to notice that you’re losing good people. Either you lose them altogether or you keep them physically but you lose them mentally and emotionally. Administrators must pay attention [...]
Tags: academic bullying, Professors, stress, toxic work environment
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following:
Effect on employees, students, public, &/or shareholders
Effect on employees, students, public, &/or shareholders
Another defining aspect is the effect that the rudeness, fear, or negativity is having. When it has a deleterious effect on the people who work in a department, in [...]
Tags: academic bullying, Professors, stress, toxic work environment
A teacher who’s a subscriber sent me this email: “I’m a teacher and when I think about everything that has been added to the plate of today’s teacher, I wonder if it’s ever possible to just be ‘just whelmed’ again.”
It’s a reality that people’s plates are “too full,” and thus pretty darn heavy. Practice reframing [...]
Tags: just whelmed, overwhelmed, stress, teaching
A teacher who signed up for Patricia Hutchings’ teleseminar, “Why Be Wiped Out at Work?” sent in the question below ahead of time. Although Patricia addressed it in the teleseminar, I wanted to add some additional thoughts for the blog:
I’d like to know how to cope with working in a school environment where I am never [...]
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