1st Edition

Pressure Proofing How to Increase Personal Effectiveness on the Job and Anywhere Else for that Matter

By Sam Klarreich Copyright 2008
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Do you feel uneasy when you try to relax? Are you overwhelmed by the deadlines you have to meet? Do you get rattled when things don’t go your way? Are you inpatient with people who work more slowly than you? Do you often get angry? Do you feel things are hopeless? Do you feel like not getting out of bed, instead pulling the covers over your head? More and more people have these reactions, in... Read more

Acknowledgments. About the Author. Preface. Part I: Inside the Pressure Cooker. When the Heat Is On. Unhealthy Thinking Leads to Unhealthy Consequences. Pressure-proofing by Debunking. Shaking Things Up. Part II: Singing the Workplace Blues. Diagnosing the Blues. There Are No Hopeless Situations, Only People Who Think Hopelessly. Practical Strategies for Combating the Blues. Things Do Not Happen, Things Are Made to Happen. Part III: Postscript: From the Organization’s Viewpoint. Shaping the Pressure and Blues-Free Company. Appendix. References.

Biography

Sam Klarreich, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of the Berkeley Centre for Effectiveness, a human resources consulting service and web-based training facility in Toronto, Ontario. He is also President of the Centre for Rational-Emotive Therapy in Toronto, and his career spans more than 25 years as a psychologist, author, advisor and senior-level consultant.