摘要: |
As civil engineers, when you start talking about microstresses, many of you probably think first about concrete and steel. But there's a good chance you're also dealing with a form of that word that is even closer to home: the daily accumulation of tiny negative effects resulting from interactions with others that leave many of you - even those who are clearly high achievers -feeling constantly overwhelmed. Whether a last-minute shift in work priorities by an otherwise well-intentioned supervisor, missing a promised appearance at your child's performance because you were stuck in traffic, slowly losing touch with a valued friend as life (or a pandemic) takes you in new directions, or hundreds of other examples, microstresses can chip away at us, silently but relentlessly. The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems-and What to Do about It, by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2023; 293 pages, $30), explores this new permutation of stress and its effect on our brains and our lives. |