Friday, September 02, 2005
Stress Management
It's been estimated that stress costs $300 billion a year. We can change that. Here are a few of the stress management ideas we’d be working with to help you and your colleagues improve your personal lives, team work, customer sales & service, and on-the-job performance.
There are two kinds of stress – eustress and distress.
Eustress is the kind of stress we like, such as, contests, sports, exciting trips, movies and experiences. Distress is the kind of stress we don’t like, such as, traffic jams, paper work, difficult people, hurricanes. Eustress keeps our lives interesting and worthwhile. Distress takes years off our lives and makes us miserable and ineffective.
Most people know the difference between these two forms of stress, they just don’t have a good way to describe and manage it. That’s what we’d focus on – teaching people how to find a balance between eustress and distress on the job and at home. Of course, one person’s eustress is often another person’s distress. Take sky diving or bungee jumping. That’s eustress for some, but distress for me! It’s a matter of personal preference, how each person perceives, interprets and labels their experience.
Given the importance of personal preferences and interpretations, the very best way to help people at work manage their stress and find a balance between eustress and distress is through a combination of group training and individual coaching. Look forward to talking with you about this.
There are two kinds of stress – eustress and distress.
Eustress is the kind of stress we like, such as, contests, sports, exciting trips, movies and experiences. Distress is the kind of stress we don’t like, such as, traffic jams, paper work, difficult people, hurricanes. Eustress keeps our lives interesting and worthwhile. Distress takes years off our lives and makes us miserable and ineffective.
Most people know the difference between these two forms of stress, they just don’t have a good way to describe and manage it. That’s what we’d focus on – teaching people how to find a balance between eustress and distress on the job and at home. Of course, one person’s eustress is often another person’s distress. Take sky diving or bungee jumping. That’s eustress for some, but distress for me! It’s a matter of personal preference, how each person perceives, interprets and labels their experience.
Given the importance of personal preferences and interpretations, the very best way to help people at work manage their stress and find a balance between eustress and distress is through a combination of group training and individual coaching. Look forward to talking with you about this.
