Satisfied Buddhist - Domo Geshe Rinpoche

"We should have more careful personal criteria regarding burnout. You can't say, “I’m burned out because I am too compassionate. I shouldn’t be so compassionate.” Not like that. We should also not demand a lower standard of effort for our self so that we do not become burned out. We also should not get caught in a no win situation, where doing our work to the best of our ability we burn out, but not doing our best, we haven't done it well enough. That wouldn’t be fair!"~Domo Geshe Rinpoche~~~ "Deberíamos tener criterios personales más cuidadosos en cuanto a burnout. Usted no puede decir, “soy incendiado porque soy demasiado compasivo. Yo no debería ser tan compasivo.” No así. También no deberíamos exigir un estándar inferior del esfuerzo para nuestro mí de modo que no nos hagamos incendiados. También no deberíamos ser agarrados en una ninguna situación de triunfo, donde haciendo nuestro trabajo a la mejor de nuestra capacidad nos consumimos, pero no hacer todo lo...

I empathize for those who suffer problems with co-workers, who feeling trapped in a work environment where they experience anger from co-workers, clients or patients.  Built up minor stress causes annoyance but long-term problems affect health, well being and can end careers if we can't change the way we interact with others.  For those in the helping professions, healer burnout isn't easy to identify and resolve. Many valuable and fine people have already burned out and given up trying to find a cure. You might even be someone that is experiencing early signs of burnout yourself, or see it happening to a friend or a dear one. What is the average career of a healer? I heard it was 3 years. This isn't very long by comparison to the amount of preparation and study that goes into that career.   Many nurses are disappointed in their expectations of how their career as a caregiver was going to be. I gave a teaching called Utilizing Compassion in the Face of Anger discu...