Self-Renewal

ISBN: 9780671675042

出版年: 1989-6

定价: 72.00

内容简介

CHAPTER
1
The working person of yesterday was most likely concerned with di-
rect production. He or she worked oil tile fimrh at home??? or in a shop
or factory. Today the majority of workers are concerned with informa-
tion and service??? People work with customers??? or clients??? transt~rring
Information??? preparing reports??? and o~en interacting intensely with
each other. This new environment demands vast new sets of skills.
Instead of physical stamina and routine tasks??? we are today presented
with multiple demands??? mtmy choices and decisions??? and u world in
which we need to work together on complex tasks. Instead of physical
activity??? the primary demands are mental and interpersonah
At work and in personal and tamily life many people find them-
selves feeling overwhelmed and struggling to get things under con-
trol??? They t~el pressured by time and continually need to respond and
act??? often without having a clear idea of the outcome. Life is made up
of pressures and uncertainty??? to which we need to adapt.
People respond to the modern world with a body and a mind that
were designed to ftmetion well in a hLr simpler world??? Our pri???ltary
mental and physical characteristics evolved several u~illion years ???~go???
whereas the world we inhabit today was created by ns llot even a
generation ago??? The things thai we demand of ourselves are utlt the
things that we were designed to do. As a result??? we I~dl prey to all
manner of physical and emotiotlal tbrms of illness and distress??? and we
experience dilf|eulty and distless with the life we lead. At an extreme
many people have begun to use the ierln \"tnLrllout\" to rel~r to a gvl~-
erallzed depletion of energy??? lack of involvemcnt??? aud inability to
funetloa w~ll and achieve satislhetioi???. Many people tbel burned out
and helpless to do anything to overcome it.
There must he a better way??? we think to ourselves. How can w~