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Still sweating the big stuff? Microstress can harm you too Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingStill Sweating the Big Stuff? Microstress Can Harm You Too

The Times (London)

Sweating the “small stuff” can take a big toll on your overall well-being. In this interview, authors Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain why.

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This specific kind of stress makes managers less effective Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThis Specific Kind of Stress Makes Managers Less Effective

Fast Company

How you can help your team prevent burnout from the invisible toll of microstress.

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Interview with Karen Dillon and Rob Cross Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingInterview With Karen Dillon and Rob Cross

Motley Fool

Authors Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explore the concept of microstress in this Motley Fool Live podcast

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Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThey Seem To Have It All But Even High Achievers Can Be Struggling

The Times (London)

New research by Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explains the hidden stresses that are breaking even high performers down. 

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There's a kind of stress our brains don't notice—and it's burning us out Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingThere’s a kind of stress our brains don’t notice—and it’s burning us out

Quartz

How do we cope with the stealthiest of stresses—microstress? We can start by being able to recognize them in our days. Then fight back.

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Combating the ‘Microstress’ That Causes Burnout Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingCombating the ‘Microstress’ That Causes Burnout

The Wall Street Journal

How to fight back against the stresses that happen in such brief moments that we barely notice them, but are cumulatively grinding us down. 

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Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash Network Strategy: Elevate Personal Performance and Well-beingTo be a Happier, More Successful Person, Get Off the “Hedonic Treadmill

Big Think

A handful of people in our research seem to manage and rise above microstress better than the rest of us — a group we began to call the “Ten Percenters.” One of the things the Ten Percenters have in common is their ability to find purpose in small moments in their work and personal lives. 

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