Chapter 1
A Crisis of Well-Being
Microstress: tiny moments of stress triggered by people in our personal and professional lives; stresses so routine that we barely register them but whose cumulative toll is debilitating
KEY INSIGHTS
- We can’t escape microstress, because the people who are unwittingly causing it are embedded in our personal and professional lives.
- Microstress comes at us quickly and in small moments; it doesn’t set off the typical fight-or-flight vigilance systems that help us survive other, more noticeable forms of stress. Our ...
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