50,000 Reasons to Unplug This Weekend
50,000. That’s a pretty big number, right?
That’s how many thoughts the average person has in a single day. It takes a lot of brainpower to produce that many thoughts.
Now throw email, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook into the mix, and you can imagine the chaos of those 50,000 thoughts. Plus, with the advent of mobile, most entrepreneurs and small business owners have a really hard time unplugging. For most, the weekend is just like any other day of the week. A day to work. Another day towards getting burned out.
How do you know if you’re getting too burned out and really need to unplug? According to therapist Dr. Jack Singer of Laguna Hills, California, if you experience any of these symptoms it’s time to take a break:
1. Extreme competitiveness
2. Rapid speech
3. Impatience
4. Hates lines and waiting
5. Difficulty delegating
6. Fear of failure
7. Need to be in control
8. Irritable
9. Multi-tasking
10. Resistant to change
Does this describe you? If so, then yank that plug! You might want to take up a hobby, like being a politician. Here’s a little joke about the political brain to launch your weekend off right.
“A man went in for a brain transplant operation and was offered a choice of two brains by the surgeon. He could choose either the Architect’s brain which would cost him $10,000 or the Politician’s, which was $100,000.”
“Does that mean that the Politician’s brain is much better than the Architect’s?” exclaimed the clearly puzzled man.
“Not exactly.” replied the surgeon. “The Politician’s brain has never been used.”
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