Getting just enough stress can advance your career. Here’s how
Muslim businesswoman working in her office. Getty Images/SrdjanPav. Photo for illustrative purposes only.
She wakes up late, drags herself out of bed, gets her two daughters ready for school, gets ready herself and heads off to work daydreaming about the Netflix show she saw last night. She gets to the office, starts her laptop and, after a couple of hours of emails and phone calls, she’s staring out the window, daydreaming again.
Maria (not her real name) is a client I was asked to coach to prepare her for a leadership position at her company. But during our first coaching call, she exhibited all the signs of someone who was understressed.
The term ‘understressed’ might not be as familiar as overstressed, yet the impact is very similar. You’ve probably experienced being understressed before: you’re bored at work, the role doesn’t quite fit you, you’re not challenged enough and you end up performing poorly across your roles.
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Mohammed Faris