TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CONTENTS -- WHAT IS JOB BURNOUT? -- BURNOUT SYMPTOMS -- WHO'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURNOUT? -- TEST: Are you Burning Out? -- MOTIVATIONAL NUTRIENTS -- "Wins" for Good Work -- Negative Wins -- IDENTIFY THE WINS -- Case Study Discussions -- FEELINGS OF CONTROL -- WORK AS HELL -- Sustaining Motivation -- Learned Helplessness: A Scientific Study -- DEMOTIVATING WORK SITUATIONS -- What Is the Burnout Potential of Your Job? -- INCREASING MOTIVATION THROUGH PERSONAL POWER -- PATHS TO PERSONAL POWER -- MANAGING YOURSELF: THE FIRST PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Self-Management -- PERSONAL GOAL SETTING -- Go to the Doing Level -- Set Better Goals -- EXERCISE: Goal Setting -- ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOALS THROUGH SMALL STEPS -- Set Yourself Up to Win -- Stretch Yourself -- Make Getting There Fun -- HOW TO SET OBJECTIVES -- Identify Steps and Create a Map -- Begin at the End -- Create a Map -- CASE STUDY: Janice's Map -- Taking Steps to My Goal -- Determining Small Steps -- Create Your Map -- DEFINE OBJECTIVES BY THE RESULTS YOU WILL ACHIEVE -- An Objective -- A Good Objective States What Will Be Achieved-But Not How -- A Good Objective Is Measurable -- A Good Objective Is Attainable -- A Good Objective Has a Completion Date -- The Result I Will Achieve -- Identify My Objective -- Giving Yourself "Wins" for Successes -- My Want List -- PUT TOGETHER A PLAN OF ACTION -- My Action Plan -- The Self-Contract -- Summary of Self-Management -- MANAGING STRESS: THE SECOND PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- How Burnout Is Stressful -- OBJECTIVE OF STRESS MANAGEMENT -- Controlling Stress -- Create a Personal Stress Log -- DISCOVER YOUR PERSONAL STRESS PATTERNS -- Stress Patterns Analysis -- STRESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES -- Breathing Correctly -- Breath Control Technique -- IDENTIFYING TENSION -- SYSTEMATICALLY RELAX MUSCLES.

RELAXATION TRAINING PLAN -- Distressing Situations -- Practice Relaxing -- Creating a Pleasant Fantasy -- Scripting Your Pleasant Fantasy -- CHANGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT -- How to Use Load to Manage Stress -- Summary of Stress Management -- BUILDING SOCIAL SUPPORT: THE THIRD PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Hints for Building Social Relationships -- WAYS TO SHOW BELONGING -- Building Social Support -- BUILD A NETWORK OF ALLIES -- How to Network -- Developing Your Ally Network -- Who I Have Helped, Who I Can Help -- SELF-CONTRACT FOR BUILDING SOCIAL SUPPORT -- Summary of Building Social Support -- SKILL BUILDING: THE FOURTH PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Skill-Building Checklist -- SKILL-BUILDING STRATEGIES -- IDENTIFYING THE SKILL -- My Skill-Building Plan -- Summary of Skill Building -- TAILORING THE JOB: THE FIFTH PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Rating Tasks and Setting Priorities -- SCHEDULING -- TASK MANAGEMENT -- Identify Your Tasks -- EXPAND YOUR JOB -- Identify Unattached Problems -- Brainstorm Solutions for Unattached Problems -- Make a Plan and Take Action -- Identify Allies -- Identify Adversaries -- Identify Resources -- Summary of Tailoring the Job -- CHANGING JOBS: THE SIXTH PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Consider These Cases -- Author's Comments -- Identify Bothersome Situations -- Analyze Patterns -- MY IDEAL JOB -- Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job -- Envisioning the Ideal Job -- Transforming Barriers into Challenges -- MAKE A PLAN AND ACT -- Choose a Challenge -- Summary of Changing Jobs -- THINKING POWERFULLY: THE SEVENTH PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Get In Touch with Your Mood -- DEVELOP AN I-CAN-DO ATTITUDE -- Change Your Thoughts to Powerful Ones -- THOUGHT STOPPING: CONTROLLING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS -- Mastering Your Wild Mind -- Summary of Thinking Powerfully -- DETACHED CONCERN: THE EIGHTH PATH TO PERSONAL POWER -- Good Sportsmanship -- The Mirror Principle.

Mother Teresa -- Be Here Now -- Be Yielding -- Shift Your Viewpoint -- Laugh a Lot -- Summary of Detached Concern -- SUMMARY.