He ngāwari noa iho te whakautu ki te pātai mā wai tēnei "mahere". Ka taea e te tangata noa te whakamahi i tēnei mahere hei whakapai i tōna āhuatanga hei hiki hoki i tōna oranga. Tērā pea kei te hiahia whakahaere i ētahi āhuatanga o ō rātou orange hei pare atu i te mamae tinana mamae hinengaro rānei - ahakoa rā mai i te pōuritanga ki te mate kaikōiwi; mai i te mate ohorere ki te mate huka - ki te hiki rānei i ō rātou oranga. E tohu ana pea e hiahia ana rātou ki te whakaheke i ngā pupūnga ake o tētahi tino mamae, pērā i ngā mamae mate rangi rua, mate hūango, mate uaua rānei. Kua whakamāramatia e au tēnei mahere ki ngā akomanga me ngā hui ā kei te rite tonu ngā whakautu. "Ka taea e au tēnei te whakamahi ka oti pai hoki."

Mā te tauira e whai ake nei koe e whakaatu te pai o tēnei mahere mō te kaupare atu hei whakatau rānei tātoui tētahi mate nui o te ao hurihuri nei. E whakataukītia ana hoki te mate nei ko te "kai-a-te-ahi" (burn-out), ka puta ake hoki nā te kaha rawa o te mahi nā te nui rawa rānei o te taumaha, ka kore hoki e whakangā. Mēnā kāore e kōrerotia ka puta ake te mate "kai-a-te-ahi" nei i ngā mahi o ia rā, koia rānei whakararu i a koe kia tino mate rawa.

Ko ngā tohumate o te "kai-a-te-ahi" nei, he rite tonu ki te tohumate ā-tinana, me ngā tohumate ā-hinengaro. Koia nei ētahi:

• māeneene
• te moe kore
• te hiki āwangawanga
• te ngaronga hinengaro
• te wairangi noa
• te wairua kore eke
• te wairua tāmia
• te wairua herenga kore i ōu whakaaro
• te wairua kore whakamutu mahi
• ngā whakaaro rere noa
• te pukuriri
• te kārangi noa
• te whai kore noa
• te ngoikore noa, te ngaro noa me te hua kore

I a koe e whakaaro ana ki ō tohumate tērā pea ka mōhio koe kei te "kai-a-te-ahi" koe, kua "kainga kē rānei e tea hi". Kāti ka tīmata koe ki te tuhi i tō pukapuka mō te mate "kai-a-te-ahi".

Ko te mate kē ka kaha ake ētahi tāngata ki te mahi, inā pāngia e te "kai-a-te-ahi" engari he mate kē atu anō kei tēnārautaki. Ko ngā mahere hei whāinga māu me pēnei pea:

• whakamutua ka whakahekea rānei te wā e mahi ai koe me ērā atu pōreatanga
• whakangā
• he wā e kōrero ai he wā e tangi ai (tirohia te mahi Tohutohu Hoa i te Āpitihanga)
• ētahi mahi waihanga katoa (tirohia Ngā Mahi Waihanga kei te Āpitihanga)
• whakarerea ngā mahi taumaha
• whakatauhia ki te kupu "kāo"

Mēnā āta whai koe i tō mahere kāore e kore ka heke te wairua "kai-a-te-ahi". Mēnā ka kore kāti, me whakarerekē pea tō mahere, inā rā he tohutohu anō kei te wāhanga kei muri o te pukapuka nei, koia rānei ka peka ki tētahi kaimahi hauora tūturuwāhanga.