Watch the Horse |
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| Authors: | Josie Barnes Parker |
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| Institution: | 1. Director, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI, USAjosie@aadl.org |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTWe hear often of the success of managers and administrators. We can find lists of titles on how to succeed as a manager and be the best we can be. We rarely read of failure or coping with failure from the people who have failed and survived with their jobs, or not survived as so often is the case. Somewhere in between always succeeding and sometimes failing is job fatigue. What to do with ourselves and how to recover our confidence and energy when we are completely drained is a personal decision and one with many choices. The author chose learning to ride and own horses and in this column she explains how learning to “mean it” with horses allowed her to redefine success and remain an enthusiastic library administrator. |
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| Keywords: | management administrator failure job fatigue horses libraries public governance social media |
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