“Computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breathe and reboot.”
Carrie Bradshaw – Sex in the City
The title of this post is from one of my chapters in Take the Ride of Your Life. This post is about inner conflict that we experience at times in our life.
Joyce, What do You Tell People Experiencing Stress?
People share their challenges about work and my typical response is … “What are you going to do about it?” I am not being sarcastic or mean. I’m asking an important question. They usually look at me after I ask the question. We then discuss either changing their thinking or keeping the status quo. When you don’t love what you do anymore figure out what to do differently or shift your thinking.
I interview people before my Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace Programs to identify important issues that may be unique to the group.
Some of the responses are the following”
- “I can’t get along with my boss.”
- “There’s a difficult bully on our team.”
- “I dread Mondays more and more these days.”
- “I’m not recognized for my hard work.”
- “I don’t feel fulfilled anymore.”
I realize that most of us feel like victims at times. The question that we have to ask ourselves is…”What are we going to do about it?” If you tell me that you don’t want to quit then you can suffer in silence or do something to change.
An 80 year old participant raised her hand during one of my programs and said, “I’ve learned that even when I’m in pain I don’t have to be one.” The group gave her a standing ovation!
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Let’s say you have 25 years more to live…that’s 300 months. Our challenge is to make it the best 300 months.
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Until next time,
This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Coach
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