The hurrier I go the behinder I get!” – White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
Our VUCA world < link > routinely challenges us. As frustration mounts, so do the tendencies to express our feelings outwardly or bottle them inside. This collection of articles speaks to managing through challenging times.
9 Mental-health experts on the strategies they use to get over bad moods, elemental+, June 12, 2019. Link.
There is no single universal coping mechanism that’s guaranteed to solve every bad day for every person, or even every bad day for just one person.
There’s a better way to vent your frustration, Medium, January 23, 2019. Link. The next time you want to blow off steam without stressing out your closest confidants — or making your own stress worse — keep these strategies in mind.
- Ask for permission
- Be clear about your goal
- Pay attention to tone
- Have a time limit
- Remember your distress is your responsibility
- Aim for balance
Yelling at work persists despite awareness of ill effects, Marketplace, June 5, 2019. Link. Results from the eighth Marketplace-Edison Research Poll show that the majority of American workers think a warm, friendly environment is important on the job. But that hasn’t stopped a lot of yelling at work.
About half of the workers polled reported having been yelled at by a co-worker, while more than a third admitted to yelling themselves.
INSIGHTS: Our industry’s focus on suicide has revealed the consequences of high expectations, high standards and problem solving challenges expected by animal owners. DVMs are especially expected to be perfect, which is impossible.
Alice Boyes discusses meeting mistake-free expectations in the article below.
How perfectionists can get out of their own way, HBR Ascend. Link.
By becoming aware of the costs of perfectionism, and how it affects your productivity, well-being, and relationships (at work and home), you can start to mitigate this destructive habit.