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		<title>PAUSE &#8211; 10.26 &#8211; Buddy Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REFLECTION: If you had some time off over the summer, chances are you returned to the workplace feeling a bit more relaxed and at ease. If the work that piled up in your absence hasn't kicked the stuffing out of your mellow, you may be wondering how you can hang on to a bit more of that zen-like calm as the fall revs up.

Could be that the person working next to you or just down the hall shares the very same concern. Here's where it make sense to team up to calm down. Signs of overload are often visible to those around us, even when they've not yet surfaced in our own awareness. See the Resource of The Week for a link to an article that will refresh you on what to watch for.]]></description>
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		<title>PAUSE &#8211; 10.25 &#8211; Making A Living Or Making A Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REFLECTION: Last day of August. First day of September. Summer transitions to autumn.

I'm looking at the list of projects I'd planned to tackle over the summer months when my business is typically slower. Truth be told, I've made a dint, but not moved mountains. Research, redesign, product development. Yep, progress on all those fronts. But nowhere near what I apparently anticipated in those more optimistic, summer stretching out ahead of you, early days of July. Maybe you find yourself in the same situation - with merely a dint in work related tasks or home and family projects.

Frustrating? Somewhat. Discouraging? Only mildly. You see, one of the things I've learned so far in life is that my ambitions always have and always will exceed my time and energy. That's just the way it is.

On the other hand, there were so many things that never appeared on the 'To Tackle' list in the first place that have contributed to two memorable summer months. Visits with sisters. Connections with friends and neighbors. Mentoring chats with 'just beginning' colleagues. Time with my folks at the farm. Adventures with my grandson, my husband, my children. Hours in the company of watercolors. Moments in the garden, along the river, appreciating the great outdoors.

The contrast speaks to the balancing act between making a living and making a life.]]></description>
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		<title>Sunny Smiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask and ye shall receive. Through the month of August I invited Pause readers to send along pics of their favorite smiles and grins. What a fabulous collection arrived on my desktop &#8211; bringing me smile after smile as I opened each message and clicked on the pics.
I&#8217;ve put together a compilation to share with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burnout Personified</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can burnout really get this bad? Is the over-extended sandwich generation toast? Inquiring minds want to know.
At least you can smell burnt toast and you know what&#8217;s happening. Real life burnout is a lot more insidious.
&#8216;Toaster Man&#8217; courtesy of Pause reader JoAnn whose son Jordan Baraniecki is the creative genius behind the image.
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		<title>PAUSE &#8211; 10.24 &#8211; Urgent &#8230; Or Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REFLECTION:  In the process of clearing out the pigeonholes above the kitchen desk on the weekend, I discovered a Fuji Quick Snap film cartridge with the words 'Summer '98' pencilled on the label. It's impossible to tell with these little guys if the film has been developed or not, and I could not stand the suspense.

Thinking, perhaps, I'd unearthed a gem of remembrance, I dropped the film off at the photo counter at the local Shopper's Drug Mart on my way home around 6:00 the next evening. The young woman behind the counter assured me that they did still handle that kind of film.

Then she immediately apologized that it would not be possible for her to turn the order around within the hour as she had several other jobs backlogged and was closing at 8:00. She further noted, again falling all over herself in apology,  that she was pretty sure she could have the prints ready by noon the next day.

I laughed and reassured her that since the film had been hanging around for at least 12 years, I could easily wait a few more days - or even weeks for that matter. She looked surprised at my reaction. Apparently she serves a lot of people who have 'last minute - must rush' photo emergencies!]]></description>
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		<title>Sign Your Work</title>
		<link>http://www.pauseworks.com/wp/?p=1387</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Artists sign their paintings. Authors&#8217; names are featured prominently on the covers and spines of their books. If taking pride in what you create is important in the artistic world, why couldn&#8217;t it be just as important in the business world?
Here&#8217;s a message on a chalkboard that you&#8217;ll find high up on the wall in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacations Essential</title>
		<link>http://www.pauseworks.com/wp/?p=1378</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought you might be interested in the contents of my letter to the editor of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix that was published today in response to a recent article on vacation carry over and pay out. Here's what I had to say:

In Friday, August 13th's article on vacation pay for health care executives, Saskatoon Regional Health Authority chair, Jim Rhode, is quoted as saying: "It's always great to see an employee that is concerned about their job more than they are about their vacation in terms of being there enough to get things done."While I agree with Mr. Rhode that commitment to your job and profession is laudable, his admiration for those who sacrifice personal vacation time for their work is misguided. Sadly, he is not alone in his point of view. This kind of self-imposed and peer-admired pressure to keep slogging at all costs creates significant problems for employees, leaders and the organizations they serve. Those costs go far beyond the fiscal liability of accrued holidays.According to two studies on workload, the average person has a backlog of between 50 and 200 hours of work at any given time. The fact of the matter is, we will never be done again. Those who wait until the work is done to take a vacation will rarely give themselves permission to get away.And, there are consequence for not getting away from the office. In an American study of 12,000 middle aged men at risk for coronary disease, those who take annual vacations are nearly 20% less likely to die during the ensuing nine years than those who skip holidays. A 20 year study of 749 women aged 45-64  found that for both employed women and homemakers, tension and a lack of vacations were two key predictors of heart attack.The last thing we want is for our health care leadership to be damaging their own health and wellbeing in the interests of serving ours.Taking time for renewal is not a reward for being done, it is an investment in being able to continue. It's far wiser to encourage people at all levels of an organization to take their vacation and come back to the inevitable and ongoing workload refreshed and renewed for the challenges ahead.--
In Friday, August 13th's article on vacation pay for health care executives, Saskatoon Regional Health Authority chair, Jim Rhode, is quoted as saying: "It's always great to see an employee that is concerned about their job more than they are about their vacation in terms of being there enough to get things done."

While I agree with Mr. Rhode that commitment to your job and profession is laudable, his admiration for those who sacrifice personal vacation time for their work is misguided. Sadly, he is not alone in his point of view. This kind of self-imposed and peer-admired pressure to keep slogging at all costs creates significant problems for employees, leaders and the organizations they serve. Those costs go far beyond the fiscal liability of accrued holidays.]]></description>
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		<title>PAUSE &#8211; 10.23 &#8211; The Maturity Advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REFLECTION: A few years ago things were in flux in my husband's workplace. Many of his co-workers were concerned about the impact of potential changes on their lives. Dave refused to get bent out of shape. When one of his colleagues asked him how he could stay so calm in the midst of the commotion, he replied, "They can't scare me. I've raised teenagers."

It was a laughable response, but one that contains a seed of truth. Life experience, if you pay attention as you go, leaves a certain amount of perspective in its wake. You start to have a better sense of what really matters. You become more skilled at separating the real risks from the imagined catastrophes. You build confidence in your ability to adapt and cope with whatever lies ahead.

It's a phenomenon that I call the Maturity Advantage.]]></description>
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		<title>More Summer Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.pauseworks.com/wp/?p=1352</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video notes on a few new books I&#8217;ll be dipping into during the dog days of summer.

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		<title>PAUSE &#8211; 10.22 &#8211; Burnout &amp; Meltdowns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Katz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[REFLECTION: I've been thinking a lot about burnout in recent days. Not because I'm feeling burned out myself, although I have been there more than once in the past. But rather because I've been digging back through results of the Overload and Overwhelm survey that I conducted not too long ago. As I dip into the responses to the questions I am struck again by the serious impact of O &#038; O on health and well-being.

Over and over again, people mention the downward spiral triggered by too many expectations and too few resources. They describe the hopeless feelings associated with not being able to see - much less envision - a light at the end of those endless tunnels of activity.  And much of what they are doing seems pointless.

Still I'm hopeful. While meltdowns may be imminent, they're not necessarily inevitable.]]></description>
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