Ah yes… workplace stress. It happens to the best of us.
Apparently, we should all be doing more to moderate our behaviour, and try not to get too uptight. But, despite being presumably on a one-way ticket to a heart attack, I prefer to think that people don’t really change that much: if you’re calm and measured, that’s great; if you’re a hot-head, that’s just fine too.
I’m a hot-head. My natural state of mind veers between simmering and volcanic. It means I have an endless stream of good ideas, and then get annoyed because nothing is moving fast enough.
Which is why, today, my lovely colleagues installed the “Nick-O-Meter” (see picture) on the wall behind my desk. It’s a high-tech advanced warning device (calibrated from ‘Calm’ through to ‘Coruscating’) which gives a very accurate reading of my mood. I’m not allowed to touch it – only my team is allowed to change its setting, to enforce an entirely honest appraisal of my emotional situation for the benefit of all. I heartily recommend it to you all.
Note from Microsoft Small Business Blog: this could catch on. Can I borrow it? Not so much workplace stress as home-based work stress due to ineptitude of British Telecom cancelling our number transfer to new property without telling us, and Royal Mail saying “You didn’t give us enough time to set up a redirect so we’re doing it on……” Whatever happened to “I’m sorry we weren’t able to help but…..”
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