Your Mindset May Be Affecting Your Work

Question

I think with all the economic downturn talk, politics, and the layoffs we're seeing more of, people are struggling with their mental health.

As someone who works in one of those "fast-paced environments" where my team is "solving technology's greatest challenges", there is A LOT of pressure to show up everyday. And that is extremely difficult to do when your mind is worried about home, health, and life outside of work. It's hard to be happy at work when you're struggling mentally too which can affect your performance in other ways.

I think it's important to examine whether your own thought patterns and emotions are affecting your experience with your boss and colleagues for example. When the chemistry isn't there, it's a lot easier to find reasons and situations that enforce the negative things you might perceive to be true. Then its confirmation bias and it's a vicious cycle.

Wondering how you manage to get your mind in the right place to show up and perform consistently. Burnout is real and never solved anything in my own experience.

ksciIJson · Accepted Answer

Exercise helps, as cliche as that sounds. Sitting in front of a computer all day, every day sucks. You have to get up and release the stress every now and again. I usually go for a run or ride my bike when I get stressed out and need to release. The Golden Gate bike loop is the best 🚴‍♀️

technicolor79 · Answer

I think about my team all the time because I remember what it was like trying to raise my new family after I got my job as an engineer. And looking back, I definitely burned out way too many times before becoming a manager. The biggest issue I had was setting expectations to my supervisor at the time about raising my new kid (who had health issues) and idk if they ever really understood what kind of stress me and my wife were going through.

All that to say, I am very very sensitive to my teams needs and as a manager, it's my job to make sure they feel empowered enough to talk to me about the other things, especially if it's negatively impacting their work. I think it's time well spent building those professional friendships so when the times get tough (like right now), there's some confidence that we have real support.

ewqunvpoO3d · Answer

I can relate a lot to this. Getting a job at my dream company and living on my own and trying to make friends at work (virtually) and still have a social life outside of it and on and on and on. It's exhausting trying to be the best all the time when some things are out of your control. But here at HubSpot, there's stuff like fitness reimbursement if you're the kind of person that can use exercise to clear their minds, or if you're having food issues, talking to a nutritionist and then there's workshops on mindfulness, stress management, and all that. Idk if people take advantage of that but it was something I thought was important when I was looking for a company that cared about me personally.

Msoiwnalgxlejc · Answer

This is just solid life advice. Don’t let your emotions control you. Take a deep breath to assess the situation and go from there.

Your Mindset May Be Affecting Your Work

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