While most of us have professional goals and ambitions, the
way we go about achieving them differs greatly. For many,
the drive to succeed leads them to work long hours, lose
sleep, and generally neglect their personal life. Others
achieve success by prioritizing, delegating and
organization. So, which type of achiever are you? If you
suffer from any combination of the following symptoms, you
just might be the former, otherwise known as a "workaholic".
1. You work evenings and week-ends in addition to your
regular work hours. Determine what impact these extra
hours are having on your family life, and decide whether it
is really worthwhile for you to be missing out on family
and friends.
2. You seldom take vacation and when you do, you work.
Everyone needs some time off to recuperate and refresh
their mind. In fact most of us work better following a
vacation because we feel less stressed and more focussed
upon our return.
3. Your thoughts are consumed with work. You can't make it
through a school play, or an evening out with friends
without checking your email, voicemail or blackberry.
4. You are missing out on the lives of your family and
friends. Do you know the name of your child's much-loved
teddy-bear, or your spouse's favourite book or television
show? When was the last time you had dinner with your
best-friend?
5. You don't have any time to relax. When was the last
time you took a bubble bath, read a book, or went to a
movie? Without taking time for yourself on a regular
basis, all you are sure to achieve is burn-out.
6. Relaxing stresses you out. When you do decide to read a
book, or see a movie, you find you can't relax because you
feel that you should be working.
7. You are having family troubles because of your
persistent absences. If your spouse or children resent you
because you aren't around, it is time to make some changes.
Workaholics are in reality not more likely to achieve
success. They are in actuality much more likely to reach
burn-out status before that happens. In fact, experts
agree that the vast majority of successful individuals are
not workaholics, but that they have learned how to
prioritize and delegate. If you are a Workaholic, it's not
too late to change. Letting go of some of your lower
priority tasks does not mean the end of your work-related
ambitions and in fact may just help you to attain the goals
that you have been striving to realize.
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Kelly Sims is a Virtual Assistant and Owner of Virtually
There VA Services. To find out if you need to simplify
your life, please take the "Simplify Your Life" quiz at
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