Home featured Featured Hot Tips Management Featured 8 Things small business owners must do to prevent burnout Guest Author September 29, 2015 Have you noticed yourself feeling more anxious, exhausted, susceptible to mood swings, or unable to sleep at night? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, you may be a small business owner on the brink of burnout. According to a 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics report, managers are the occupation group most likely to experience burnout, with over a third of them suffering work-induced fatigue. This is on top of findings by Safe Work Australia in 2012 that half of the workplace injury bill, a staggering $30 billion a year, is due to overwork and stress. In addition to negatively impacting the sufferer’s individual work performance burnout can quickly snowball into secondhand stress for other employees. Consequently, small business owners have a responsibility to themselves as well as to their employees to stay physically and mentally healthy. If you are passionate about your business and wish to be at the helm of a happy and thriving workplace then you need to have a plan of action for avoiding burnout. The following 8 tips will help you. 1. Take control of your emotions Realise that you have 100% control over your thoughts and that it is your thoughts – the way you interpret a situation, the importance you attach to an outcome, and the expectations you place upon yourself – which determine your feelings. So, choose to find a