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If you’re starting to feel burnt out at work, you might need to reassess your work style.
Kate Strickland, Marshall White director, spoke at AREC 2016 about work sprints – what they are and how taking eight weeks a year off increases her productivity.
When Ms Strickland realised her workplace stress was pushing her to a breakdown, she decided she needed to take more time for herself and introduced ‘work sprints’ into her life.
A work sprint is when you work hard for a specified amount of time before taking some time off. Ms Strickland does 10 weeks on and two weeks off.
“You might be thinking, ‘My gosh, do you ever work?’, but I actually earn it in those 10 weeks, I go hard and then I take my foot off the pedal,” she said.
Ms Strickland said she is lucky to be working at Marshall White which encourages its agents to take time off.
“If you’re working every day of school holidays, someone will come and tap you on the shoulder and say ‘Get out of here, go and enjoy yourself,’” she said.
Not only will work sprints keep you fresh and motivated, it will also benefit your relationships.
“Your family and friends will know you’re not around at this time, you’re heads down bum up in that 10 weeks, but when the two weeks come, Kate’s going to be here, we’re going to have a great holiday, a great break, and she’ll be present on that break and not working,” Ms Strickland said.
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