The Microstress Effect How Little Things Pile Up And Create Big Problemsand What To Do About It Rob Cross by Rob Cross, Karen Dillon 9781647823979, 1647823978 instant download after payment.

It's the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work & personal lives. Because each individual microstress is so small, it doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, the microstress just embeds in our minds, accumulating along with scores of other microstresses, day-to-day & week-to-week. The long-term effect is devastating: microstress invisibly weighs us down, damages our physical & emotional health, & contributes to a decline in our overall well-being. What's more, microstress is baked into our lives. The source of microstress is seldom a classic antagonist, such as a demanding client or jerk boss. Instead, it comes from the people--in & out of work--with whom we are closest: our friends, family, & colleagues. The good news is that once you learn about microstress, you can fight back. 

Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross & Karen Dillon will teach you how to recognize & manage the most common forms of microstress, & even remove some from your life. Compelling interviews with high achievers who've endured their share of microstress bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress, & ultimately how to find purpose in your everyday life, using it as an antidote to your own microstress. It's time to break free from the microstress that's stealing your life. Start here.

ROB CROSS has studied the underlying networks of effective organizations & the collaborative practices of high performers for more than 20 years. 

KAREN DILLON is a former editor of Harvard Business Review magazine & the coauthor of 3 books with Clayton Christensen