John Hagel III Quotes

I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

Most people perceive their occupation as being a detriment to their overall wellbeing.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

Any staff that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is bound to get burned out.

I hate the term 'work-life balance.' I think it's a setup, and it's trap for all of us.

Work will drive you crazy if you let it.

I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.

When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.

Working a job I love is mentally less stressful than punching in a clock everyday, but it's a lot busier.

You do burn out, going from job to job. You have to be careful of your mental health and your body.

With respect to keeping your sanity, the more you are dedicated to your job, the more you think about it. And there is so much to think about for the director.

I do think, in any industry, when you put too much pressure on the source of your happiness coming from your work, you're going to run into a wall. It's easy to think that once you have success, then happiness will just hit like a wave over you. I don't think that's the case, or at least, when I achieved my first dream, that wasn't the case.

Burn out is such a real thing, especially when you are enjoying your job.

It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.

To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.

Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience.

You finish a job and it's very emotional because you're working crazy long hours, and your work family is like a real family.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.

People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that. Opposite shows, opposite coasts, opposite demographics, opposite everything - I love it, man!

I do not separate my job and my personal life; therefore, I never work and never rest.

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

There have been times I've finished a big job and thought, 'Great, a couple of weeks off.' But then a couple of weeks turns to three weeks and then after a month you're staring at the phone willing it to ring.