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How to manage your personal energy if you are a "control freak"

Do you consider yourself a "control freak"?  If so, you may have trouble managing your personalRunners energy and tend to burn out faster, according to a study by Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of Tel Aviv University's Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration:

In new experiments and surveys, Dr. Ein-Gar found that people who define themselves as high in self-control are in fact the least able to manage their own internal resources in situations which are very important to them.  They burn out quickly when flooded with unexpected challenges.

Dr. Ein-Gar suggests that shifting the mindset can help the self-identified "control freaks" keep their energy tanks full.  The idea is to think like a marathon runner:   start slow and pace yourself.  Having an advance warning of upcoming challenges also helps to transition into the marathon mindset.   Therefore, managers should prepare employees for a particularly difficult workload to help them better manage their energy and prevent burnout.

Full post as published by Lawsagna on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).