Boundaries At Work: Rules Of Thumb For Happiness And Avoiding Burnout

I once managed a very talented graphic designer who could never seem to hit deadlines without staying late and working weekends.

She was miserable. As her boss, I was worried.

The reason for the late work wasn’t because she was slow. Her output was fantastic. The problem was that most of the day she would get pulled into “urgent” projects for our salespeo…