The Ultimate Stress Reduction Stress Reduction by Joel Wagner - June 14, 2008July 1, 20105 When all else fails… Joel WagnerJoel Wagner (@sywtt) began teaching band in 2002. Though he had a lot of information, his classes were out of control. He found himself tired, frustrated, disrespected by students, lonely, and on the brink of quitting. He had had enough. He resigned from his school district right before spring break of his second year and made it his personal mission to learn to be a great teacher. So You Want To Teach? is the ongoing story of that quest for educational excellence.
Matthew: I’m glad I can be of assistance. I try to run a full-service blog around here. It’s nice to know I’m accomplishing something. :) Benjamin: I got this at a staff development a few years ago. It promptly went up on the wall of the band office. I had to take it down this year because I had it on a window and was actually tempted to use it on more than a handful of occasions.
Work stress takes a much larger toll on our health than we care to admit. For a handful of money, we give the corporations our health and years off of our lives. The current crisis with gasoline prices simply compounds the problems of the working American. And with oil predicted to reach $200 a barrel, it will only get worse, which is why the major corporations should begin to address the impact this is having on its workforce. Creative solutions or less profit taking could be in order. In my management book, Wingtips with Spurs, I devote an entire section to the effects of stress on our mental and physical health. Not from a medical point of view but rather from the view of a human resources professional of 30 years. Stress kills and will keep killing as long as we refuse to learn the coping tools. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR Author of Wingtips with Spurs: Cowboy Wisdom for Today’s Business Leaders
@Michael L. Gooch – Thanks for your comments. Personal stress is a huge problem for many corporations. Thanks for everything you’re doing to help out with confronting it.