by Dr. Don Wetmore
Many wonder what it takes to be a workaholic. There is really no one
thing that would make one automatically qualify but after twenty years
as a full-time professional speaker I have been able to unearth some of
the symptoms.
If it frustrates you that they don’t allow laptops on a Ferris wheel,
you may be a workaholic.
If you are looking forward to Christmas this year because you’ll decide
to take that afternoon off, you might be a workaholic.
If you don’t drink any beverages during the day because you’ll lose time
having to go to the bathroom, you might be a workaholic.
If a Pay-Per-View movie is your idea of a vacation, then you just might
be a workaholic.
If you bring your spreadsheets to your son’s football game, you may be a
workaholic.
If you use your cell phone in the shower to return business calls in the
morning before work, you might just be a workaholic.
If you set your alarm for 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. so you can check your
voicemail, well, you just might be a workaholic.
If it bothers you that you are always at work before and after everyone
else, you might be a workaholic.
If you can’t name your daughter’s favorite rock band, you just might be
a workaholic.
If you’re drinking your coffee in a dirty cup from yesterday, you just
might be a workaholic.
If a three-year-old girl holding a fluffy bunny under her arm doesn’t
cause you to stop and watch, well, you just might be a workaholic.
You are a success and you want to be more successful. You’re going up
the ladder and you want to increase the velocity. You feel the need to
solidify the certainty of your future and not take chances with your
career in an uncertain, changing world. Too many responsibilities and
crisis management are keeping you from focusing on important priorities.
Time goes on and opportunities are being missed and your creativity is
underutilized.
A bridge to get you from where you are to where you want to be may be
executive coaching.
Our unique, confidential, Executive Coaching program will help you to
become more successful, faster, and with great certainty. We help you to
become more valuable to your organization. In a world of uncertainty,
you may not be able to control many events but you can better control
how your career progresses independent of the decisions of others. No
job is permanent. Your career is.
Career success is not only getting more done in less time, but also
creating more balance in your life between your professional life and
your personal life. That’s what we will do together.
Published: May 14, 2003
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