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Do you Feel Pulled in a Million Directions? This Researcher Shows Us How to Manage the Hidden Toll of Microstress Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingDo you Feel Pulled in a Million Directions? This Researcher Shows Us How to Manage the Hidden Toll of Microstress

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How tiny moments of stress can wreak havoc on your day — and your life. An interview with The Microstress Effect author Karen Dillon

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The Microstress Effect by Rob Cross and Karen Dillion Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingBest Summer Books of 2023: Business

FInancial Times

FInancial Times names The Microstress Effect  one of the best books of the summer 

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When Small Stresses Lead to Big Problems Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingWhen Small Stresses Lead to Big Problems

HBR IdeaCast

Harvard Business Review editor Alison Beard explores the concept of microstress — and how it takes a toll on our work and our lives — with authors Rob Cross and Karen Dillon

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When Microstressors Add Up, Lean Into Small Moments Of Joy Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingWhen Microstressors Add Up, Lean Into Small Moments Of Joy

Forbes

New research on high performers suggests that the happiest people are not doing big things like climbing Mt Everest; rather, they are enjoying small moments and having authentic connections with others. 

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Microstress could be the reason you’re feeling so overwhelmed Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingMicrostress could be the reason you’re feeling so overwhelmed

Sydney Morning Herald

The hidden toll of tiny stresses. Authors Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain why they’re grinding you down.

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Thinkers50 announces its 2023 Best New Management Booklist Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThinkers50 announces its 2023 Best New Management Booklist

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The Microstress Effect named a Thinkers50 Best New Management Books of 2023

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The 7 types of people you need in your life to be resilient Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-being, Promote Rapid InnovationThe 7 types of people you need in your life to be resilient

TED.com

Getting through tough times requires more than inner grit. Do you have a “resilience network”?

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