What Urgency Culture Looks Like

Urgency Culture Leads to Burn Out

We’re living in a society that demands that we’re in a constant state of urgency.

Recognizing this auto-pilot way of doing things gives us a pause to shift our pace so we can slow down and choose differently.

Definition of Urgency Culture

Urgency Culture operates in a constant state of doing, reactivity, and speed at the expense of quality and being.

Characteristics of Urgency Culture

1.  Every task is a top priority which ends up limiting our creativity and problems solving abilities

3.  High performance feeds our self-worth so then self-confidence is attached to external validation

3.  Symptoms can include:

• Low energy
  
• Burnout
  
• Insomnia
  
• Irritability
  
• Anxiety
  
• Poor concentration

4.  Expecting immediate results or quick fixes

5.  Black/white thinking including:

• Slow or Fast
• Urgent or Apathetic
• Results or Failure
• Winner or Loser

6. More is better

7.  Our auto-pilot becomes a constant state of doing

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