Our customers expect fast, accurate service and good-tasting food. Our clients expect the same, if not more. We feel pressured to deliver it all. While stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe it to be the case. What if we thought about making stress our friend?
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others. In this 14-minute Ted Talk video, listen to Kelly talk about her change of thought as she shares this unique view of not just coping with stress, but building a friendship with it. Happy Learning!
PRACTICE: Once you’ve watched the video, jot down one or two work situations when you know you feel stress. Write one or two techniques from the video you want to try when in those situations, to make stress your friend … and then TRY THEM! Here’s a hint: one technique might be “Ask a trusted co-worker for help.”