How burnout makes us less creative | The Way We Work, a TED series

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Prevodilac: Ivana Korom Lektor: Ivana Krivokuća

A few years ago, my obsession with productivity

Pre nekoliko godina, moja opsednutost produktivnošću

got so bad that I suffered an episode of burnout

toliko se pogoršala, da sam doživela epizodu izgaranja

that scared the hell out of me.

koja me je užasno uplašila.

I'm talking insomnia, weight gain, hair loss -- the works.

Nesanica, gojenje, gubitak kose - ceo paket.

I was so overworked that my brain

Toliko sam mnogo radila

da moj mozak bukvalno nije mogao ništa drugo da smisli.

literally couldn't come up with another idea.

That indicated to me that my identity was linked with this idea of productivity.

To mi je govorilo da je moj identitet povezan sa idejom o produktivnosti.

[The Way We Work]

[Način na koji radimo]

Do you feel guilty if you haven't been productive enough during the day?

Da li se osećate krivim ako tokom dana niste bili dovoljno produktivni?

Do you spend hours reading productivity hacks,

Provodite li sate čitajući o trikovima za produktivnost,

trying new frameworks and testing new apps

isprobavate nove stvari i testirate nove aplikacije

to get even more done?

da biste uradili još više?

I've tried them all -- task apps, calendar apps,

Ja sam ih sve probala - aplikacije za zadatke, za kalendare,

time-management apps,

za upravljanje vremenom,

things that are meant to manage your day.

stvari koje bi trebalo da upravljaju vašim danom.

We've been so obsessed with doing more

Toliko smo opsednuti time da uradimo više,

that we've missed the most important thing.

da propuštamo najvažniju stvar.

Many of these tools aren't helping.

Mnogi od ovih alata ne pomažu.

They're making things worse.

Samo pogoršavaju stvari.

OK, let's talk about productivity for a second.

Okej, pričajmo malo o produktivnosti.

Historically, productivity as we know it today

Istorijski gledano, produktivnost kakvu danas znamo

was used during the industrial revolution.

korišćena je tokom industrijske revolucije.

It was a system that measured performance based on consistent output.

To je bio sistem koji je merio učinak na osnovu određenog rezultata.

You clocked into your shift

Počeli biste smenu

and were responsible for creating X number of widgets

i bili ste odgovorni za pravljenje X broja stvari

on the assembly line.

na fabričkoj traci.

At the end of the day, it was pretty easy to see

Na kraju dana, bilo je lako videti

who worked hard and who hadn't.

ko je naporno radio, a ko nije.

When we shifted to a knowledge economy,

Kada smo prešli na ekonomiju znanja,

people suddenly had tasks that were much more abstract,

ljudi su odjednom imali zadatke koji su mnogo apstraktniji,

things like writing, problem-solving or strategizing,

kao što su pisanje, rešavanje problema i pravljenje strategija,

tasks that weren't easy to measure.

zadatke koje nije lako meriti.

Companies struggled to figure out

Kompanije su se mučile da shvate

how to tell who was working and who wasn't,

kako da odrede ko radi a ko ne,

so they just adopted the old systems as best as they could,

pa su samo usvojile stare sisteme najbolje što su mogle,

leading to things like the dreaded time sheet

što je dovelo do užasavajućih tabela radnog vremena,

where everyone is under pressure

gde su svi pod pritiskom

to justify how they spend every second of their day.

da opravdaju to kako provode svaku sekundu svog dana.

There's just one problem.

Postoji samo jedan problem.

These systems don't make a lot of sense for creative work.

Ovi sistemi nemaju mnogo smisla kada se radi o kreativnom poslu.

We still think of productivity as an endurance sport.

I dalje o produktivnosti razmišljamo kao o sportu izdržljivosti.

You try to churn out as many blog posts

Pokušavate da izbacite što više postova na blogu

or we cram our day full of meetings.

ili uguravamo previše sastanaka u dan.

But this model of constant output isn't conducive to creative thought.

Ali ovaj model konstantnih rezultata ne odgovara kreativnom razmišljanju.

Today, knowledge workers are facing a big challenge.

Danas, radnici znanja su suočeni sa velikim izazovom.

We're expected to be constantly productive and creative

Stalno se očekuje od nas da budemo produktivni i kreativni

in equal measure.

podjednako.

But it's actually almost impossible

Ali skoro je nemoguće

for our brains to continuously generate new ideas

da naši mozgovi konstantno proizvode nove ideje

with no rest.

bez odmora.

In fact, downtime is a necessity for our brain

U stvari, odmor je neophodan našem mozgu

to recover and to operate properly.

da bi se oporavio i normalno radio.

Consider that according to a team of researchers

Prema jednom timu istraživača

from the University of Southern California,

sa Univerziteta Južne Kalifornije,

letting our minds wander is an essential mental state

dopuštanje da nam misli lutaju je neophodno mentalno stanje

that helps us develop our identity,

koje pomaže da razvijemo identitet,

process social interactions,

obradimo društvene interakcije,

and it even influences our internal moral compass.

i čak utiče na naš unutrašnji moralni kompas.

Our need for a break flies in the face of our cultural narrative about hustling,

Naša potreba za pauzom sudara se sa našim kulturnim narativom o radu,

in other words, the stories that we as a society

drugim rečima, priče koje kao društvo

tell each other about what success looks like

pričamo jedni drugima o tome kako uspeh izgleda

and what it takes to get there.

i šta je potrebno da se do njega dođe.

Stories like the American Dream,

Priče kao one o američkom snu,

which is one of our most deeply rooted beliefs.

što je jedno od naših najjačih verovanja.

This tells us that if we work hard, we'll be successful.

Govori da ako naporno radimo, bićemo uspešni.

But there's a flip side.

Ali ima i druga strana.

If you aren't successful,

Ako niste uspešni,

it must mean that you're not working hard enough.

znači da ne radite dovoljno naporno.

And if you don't think you're doing enough,

A ako ne mislite da radite dovoljno,

of course you're going to stay late, pull all-nighters

naravno da ćete ostajati kasno, raditi po celu noć,

and push yourself hard even when you know better.

i ulagaćete napor čak i kad znate da to nije dobro.

Productivity has wrapped itself up in our self-worth,

Produktivnost se ušuškala u našu procenu sopstvene vrednosti,

so that it's almost impossible for us to allow ourselves

pa je skoro nemoguće da dozvolimo sebi

to stop working.

da prestanemo da radimo.

The average US employee only takes half of their allocated paid vacation leave,

Prosečan američki radnik uzima samo pola svog godišnjeg odmora,

further proving that even if we have the option

što dodatno dokazuje da čak i kad imamo opciju

to take a break, we don't.

da napravimo pauzu, mi to ne činimo.

To be clear, I don't think that productivity

Da razjasnim, ne mislim da su produktivnost

or trying to improve our performance is bad.

ili pokušaji da budemo bolji loša stvar.

I'm just saying that the current models we're using to measure our creative work

Govorim da sadašnji modeli koje koristimo da merimo svoju kreativnost

don't make sense.

nemaju smisla.

We need systems that work with our creativity

Potrebni su nam sistemi koji rade u korist kreativnosti,

and not against it.

a ne protiv nje.

[SO HOW DO WE FIX IT?]

[Kako to da popravimo?]

There is no quick fix for this problem.

Za ovaj problem nema brzog rešenja.

And I know, I know, that sucks.

Znam, znam, to je bez veze.

No one loves a good framework or a good acronym

Niko ne voli dobar sistem ili dobar akronim

better than me.

više od mene.

But the truth is everyone has their own narratives

Ali istina je da svako ima svoju priču

that they have to uncover.

koju mora da otkrije.

It wasn't until I started digging around my own beliefs around work

Tek kad sam počela da kopam po svojim uverenjima o poslu,

that I began to unravel the root of my own work story,

počela sam da otkrivam korene sopstvene priče o poslu,

finally being able to let go of destructive behaviors

i konačno sam mogla da napustim destruktivna ponašanja

and make positive, long-lasting changes.

i napravim pozitivne, dugotrajne promene.

And the only way to do that

A jedini način da to uradimo

is by asking yourself some hard questions.

je da postavimo sebi teška pitanja.

Does being busy make you feel valuable?

Da li zauzetost čini da se osećate vrednim?

Who do you hold up as an example of success?

Ko vam je uzor uspeha?

Where did your ideas of work ethic come from?

Odakle su potekle vaše ideje o radnoj etici?

How much of who you are is linked to what you do?

Koliko je vaš identitet povezan sa onim što radite?

Your creativity, it has its own rhythms.

Vaša kreativnost ima svoje ritmove.

Our energy fluctuates daily, weekly, even seasonally.

Naša energija fluktuira tokom dana, nedelja, čak i sezona.

I know that I'm always more energetic at the beginning of the week

Znam da uvek imam više energije na početku nedelje,

than at the end,

nego na kraju,

so I front-load my workweek to account for that fact.

pa svoj posao tako organizujem uzimajući to u obzir.

As a proud night owl, I free up my afternoons and evenings

Kao ponosna noćna ptica, oslobađam svoja popodneva i večeri

for creative work.

za kreativne poslove.

And I know I'll get more writing done

I znam da ću uspeti da napišem više

in the cozy winter months than during the summer.

tokom udobnih zimskih meseci nego tokom leta.

And that's the secret.

I u tome je tajna.

Dismantling myths, challenging your old views,

Razbijanje mitova, preispitivanje naših starih uverenja,

identifying your narratives --

identifikovanje naših priča -

this is the real work that we need to be doing.

to je pravi posao koji treba da uradimo.

We aren't machines,

Nismo mašine,

and I think it's time that we stopped working like one.

i mislim da treba da prestanemo da radimo kao da jesmo.