When the sky is always falling – fighting catastrophic thinking
May 30, 2024 | George Yang | 1 Comment on When the sky is always falling – fighting catastrophic thinking
A flubbed line during a high-profile presentation, a typo on an email to key stakeholders or a boss’s request for a Monday morning meeting with a subject line of “TBD” can all cause stress, fear and worst-case-scenario thinking, also known as catastrophizing. Dr. Tsasha Awong, an instructor at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing […]
It’s great that the legislation has begun to exist! For some employees tho, the bigger difficulty will be in changing their own habits/mindset–for so long, the expectation has been that we must go “above & beyond” for our jobs. A whole generation of workers has grown up with this mindset. Even starting small (i.e. outside of work hours, resist the urge to check work email, let calls roll to voicemail, etc.) is a positive change that can be made. #worklifebalance
Thank you for highlighting the importance of this subject!
This legislation is essential. During the pandemic, we worked unusual hours and basically were always connected. Now that we are back to the office, we need to change our mindset and managers and take it back to office hours.