我相信当提到怎么克服职业倦怠时，很多人会提到一个词：热情。事实上，作为一个职业顾问，这也是我首要向年轻人传达的，要去辨别你对什么有热情，然后去追求它。无论你是谁，职业热情将帮助你克服困难，让你更坚持，帮你在很长时间内享受你所做的一切。
目的的力量
我还会提到其它帮助你克服职业倦怠的关键因素。那就是有目的性地做事。如果赚足够的钱，你可以买一套房，可以照顾年老的父母，可以把小孩送进更好的学校，这些都是有价值的目的。但是我要讲的，是超越个人境遇的目的。比如，帮助那些生活困难的人，改善社区，或者改变别人的生活。当你真的做了一些重要而且有价值的事，你所做的不再是一份简单的工作。你甚至也不会把它看作一份简单的事业。就像我母亲告诉我的，这可能会成为你“毕生从事的工作”。这样一种目的能帮助你克服很多困难。
做一些你能力之外的事情
用我个人的例子来告诉你，做事带有目的会造成多大的差别吧，我的第一份工作，每天下午四点半就能下班。但对于我而言，依然是漫长的一天。在工作中，我没有精神，整天盯着时钟无所事事。我甚至会躲在厕所打盹休息。
而事实上，我身处很棒的行业（是玩具公司）。我就职于很棒的公司（Mattel），我也做很有意思的工作（为小孩设计玩具），有很好的老板和同事。我甚至处在快速晋升时期。然而，工程师的身份并不适合我。我在职业上的这种低动机和无兴趣和我的公司和岗位无关。我的这个例子就表明，因为缺乏目的，即便处在最好的岗位上，你依然会觉得索然无味，不想再继续。
现在我是个人才发展行业专业人士。我对我现在做的事情很自豪，我目的明确，全心投入。我真心觉得我很享受帮助别人的职业发展这件事。因为我完全相信自己做的事情，我现在比我20多岁的时候更加充满活力。在过去的20多年里，我身上的使命感一直帮我克服一些极其困难和感到沮丧的时刻。实际上，我可以坦白说，我现在的投入程度还和当年第一次踏入这个行业一样。
倦怠？什么是倦怠？
另一则关于目的性的小故事。我妈75从UCLA教授的职位上退下来， 在此之前，她从事了很久的公共卫生相关研究。她在学术界呆了很多年，给中国做国际咨询也很久。过去的30多年，她一直规律地来往于中美，通常一年2-3次，主要是参与大型的公共卫生项目，特别是那些会影响乡村卫生的项目。她现在还在参与这些事情。
十月份我妈去昆明给一个医学院上课期间，还到上海来呆了一阵儿。她现在还很积极地帮助研究生来学习如何发展和运行那些可能会影响到数百万人的生活的公共卫生项目，就像她原来整个职业生涯中那样。
她现在83了。走路要拄拐杖，有时候还需要坐轮椅，特别是进出机场的时候。她说她现在视力不好了，听力也越来越差。但是当你跟她说话，她仍然还有一种积极向上的精气神，对她做的事情比很多比她年轻50岁的人更优异这件事充满热情。
在她呆在上海的那段时间，我问她还打算这样一个人来往于中美之间多久。她的答案是”直到我走不了了。“ 所以说，对于很多很有目的性的人来说，职业倦怠就是个十分陌生的概念。（译）
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I believe many people may mention passion for what you do as the key to avoiding or overcoming job burnout. Actually, as a career advisor, it's also the #1 thing that I encourage young people to identify and pursue. No matter who you are, having passion in your career will help you overcome difficult times, make you more persistent, and allow you to enjoy what you do for a long time.
The power of purpose
However, I'll mention another key factor that will also help you achieve these things. It's having a sense of purpose for what you do. Of course, earning a good salary so you can buy a house, take care of your aging parents, or send your kids to a better school are all worthy purposes. But I'm talking about a purpose that goes beyond your personal situation. For instance, helping those who have less, improving a community, or changing the lives of others. When you're doing something that is important and meaningful to you, what you do is no longer a job only. You may not even view it as your career anymore. As my mom refers to it, it may become your "life's work." That kind of purpose will help you overcome a lot.
Doing something that goes beyond you
Just to give a personal example of the difference purpose can make, in my very first job, I left work at 4:30pm every day. But those were still the longest days of my life. At work, I had low energy, watched the clock, and daydreamed a lot.I even took long breaks and naps in the bathroom.
Actually, I was part of a great industry (the toy industry). I worked for a great company (Mattel), had an interesting job (designing toys for kids), had a great boss, and worked with great colleagues. I was even on an accelerated promotion track. Unfortunately, being an engineer just wasn’t the right fit for me. My low motivation and disinterest in my career had nothing to do with my company or job. I was a great example back then of how a lack of purpose in what you do can make even the best job or career situation feel like a struggle to continue to do.
Today, I'm a talent industry professional. I take pride in doing what I do with purpose and dedication. I genuinely enjoy helping others with their career development. I like helping them to pursue their passion and achieve their career success and objectives. Because I wholeheartedly believe in what I do, I’m more energetic now than I ever was when I was in my 20s. Over the past 20+ years, the sense of purpose I've felt has allowed me to overcome some extremely difficult and disappointing times. In fact, I can honestly say that I feel as dedicated and engaged with what I do now as when I first began my career in the talent industry.
Burnout? What's burnout?
One other story about what purpose can do for you. My mother retired at age 75 from her position as a professor at UCLA, after a long career in public health. A big beneficiary of her many years as both an academic and international consultant has been China. Over the past 30+ years, she's traveled regularly to China, usually 2-3 times a year, to work on major public health projects, especially ones that affect rural areas. She still continues to do so.
This past October, she came to Shanghai for a few days on her way to spend a month in Kunming to teach a course at a medical college there. She's still active in helping graduate students learn how to develop and run public health projects that can potentially impact the lives of millions, in the same way that she has done throughout her career.
She's 83 now. She walks with a cane and needs wheelchair assistance at times, especially when getting in and out of airports. She says her eyes are bad and her hearing is getting much worse. But when you talk to her, she still has an optimism, spirit, and passion for what she does that outshine most who are 50 years younger than her.
During her visit to Shanghai, I asked her how much longer she could make these trips out to China by herself. Her answer was, "Until I'm physically unable to anymore." Just to say, for many people with a deep sense of purpose for what they do, burnout is a foreign concept to them.
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