The Marketing Online School

Hallo dear friends,

isn’t it great?! March 1st, spring is coming soon, days get longer, first flowers spread out. This is energy, positive energy that nature uses getting out after all the long and cold winter months – in the northern hemisphere right now.

Look at this natural energy. Isn’t it contagious on your mind and spirit? It for sure is on mine!

Psychologists all around the world ring the alarm bells that there are more and more people affected by burn-out. The good news is that in most cases we can fight it with our own tools; tools that nature has given us and inspires us through the seasons on how to using them:

• Winter is the time of reflection and nest building;
• Spring is the energy burst itself;
• Summer is lightness and fast flow;
• Autumn is joy towards achievement and rest.

How does this reflect in our personalities? How can you make best use of it?

Well, first of all you need to better understand what type of person you are – as a complete burn-out situation for your neighbor might mean excitement and power for you.

So let us analyze this first. Let us divide all humans into 4 main types:

• The Workaholic
• The Friend
• The Perfectionist
• The “Life Artist”

The Workaholic needs work to feel stimulated and mostly will search also extreme activities as mountain biking and extreme sports in his or her free time. Trying to enjoy all achievements, be it the perfect job completion or the highest mountain you reach. Listen to your inner self. Give yourself more time to enjoy and share this joy with others. Inspire them and get additional energy from their feedback and admiration. This is the best to fight burn-out for the workaholic. And some very quiet hours, at least once a quarter – even if you need to force yourself to do so. Mark them like an appointment in your calendar; read a book, go to the SPA, sit on your sofa and watch TV. Allow yourself to NOT functioning at 150% for 365 days a year!

Well, that’s it for today, more about the other three types of people in the blog posts coming later this week. Watch out for them!