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Fighting Burnout - Three Years and Going Strong

by Trouble on January 10, 2010 under Leadership

This week I will be celebrating my third year anniversary as a member of Fusion. We will be throwing a champagn ball in the courtyard of the villa. No, I’m just kidding. I won’t actually be celebrating it, simply reflecting on the last three years. I joined a guild full of people, enough to raid 40 man content. Now there’s only two people in the guild who have been in it longer, one being the GM. I’ve been an officer for about two and a half years and even by that point I was a veteran compared to 75% of the guild. Most people burn out in less than a year of raiding, and very few people who move into leadership positions last very long at all. The job has a tendency to take a toll on people and honestly most people just aren’t cut out for it. I’m not trying to talk myself up, it’s just a set of qualities I have that have me adept at this role. click here to read entire article