What kinds of careers spark the most interest and passion?
That’s a tough one. I have people who are passionate about doing dentistry and others don’t understand why. Sometimes it’s not about the job itself. One of the first people who called me up was an attorney from Georgia because he felt burned out. Once I spoke with him for a bit, I realized that it wasn’t the law that bothered him, it was the environment. He was working for a fairly large firm with its particular causes, and it wasn’t the right place for him. If you choose the right career path in the right environment, you’ll be happy. Q: What kinds of careers cause the most burnout? A: Many people in health care, certainly in nursing, experience burnout. People become nurses to help people. When they get into a health-care system that’s short staffed, and they don’t have quality time to spend with patients, they get frustrated. Caring for sick people in a sick organization is a bad combination. On the flip side, so much of preventing burnout has to do with how the organization treats
