Get a Grip!
Overcoming Stress and Thriving in the Workplace
Chapter One
Why Are We
So Stressed Out?
Work in the twenty-first century is like raising a baby
who demands everything at this very moment. Technology
cries out at us through computers, cell phones,
PDAs, and other gadgets designed to make our lives easier.
Our workdays have expanded into our personal lives and it
seems the more productive we are, the more the work increases.
We can no longer leave work at the workplace.
Customers, bosses, and co-workers can contact us anywhere:
at home or even in the middle of the night. The dividing
line between the workplace and our personal lives
has become nonexistent.
Rampant downsizing and layoffs have forced employees
to take on the work of those who have left. Organizations of
all types are being pushed to do more with less staff. Globalization
has added pressure to "go lean." The jobs that were
lost in the last recession may never be regained because
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