Stress Survivor Gifts

Worried Too Much. Worries Too Little

'And this is the only performance indicator that's moving up. Unfortunately, it's my blood pressure.'

"Youngsters these days are spoilt,apart from the triple-bypass,five divorces,4 estranged children and cirrhosis working 80 hours a week never did me any harm."

'I'm sorry. It appears Mr. Mitchell won't be accepting any more information today.'

'He had chest pains. A real wake-up call to slow down a bit. Unfortunately, he was on another line and missed it.'

"I don't reimburse. I validate. I listen and acknowledge how difficult it was for you to find a place to park."

Pushed to the max by the algebra test, Tim's brain spontaneously combusted.

'Who wants to work late again, raise your hands.'

"Relax, they're just worry warts."

"Well, all the symptoms of just another typical case of burnout, I'm afraid."

Woman trying to do lots of things at once

'Doug, Jeremy! Get back in here! The sales graph was upside-down!'

'Call me crazy, but I think my paperwork is actually following me.'

'I want to thank each of you for coming through in the clutch, putting in some overtime and seeing this project through to completion.'

'Thanks for all your hard work.'

'Looks like you've lost your stomach for risk.'

"A coronary ?...let me see, I could just about fit one in around September, next year."

"All this namby pamby nonsense about stress...I've been stressed for YEARS and it's never done ME any harm... " "But you're only 25!"

'If he has a pulse, hire him!'

'You have to stop bringing all that work home. You're trying to send a fax from our toaster.'

"Have you got a hand free to help me?"

Beware of Everything.

"No, sorry. I couldn't possibly take on another one. I'm short-staffed as it is."

"Ever feel like there just isn't enough time in the day to delegate all the things you want done?"

'Depressed, not sleeping, low self esteem...still enough about me, what can I do for you?'

'I won't be taking any more calls today. I threw my phone out the window.'

"No, Henry, don't do it ... we own the intellectual content!"

"Please, Lord, enough already."

'A few messages came in during your lunch break.'

WWGlobal Personnel: 'Do you work well under pressure!'

'Stress can kill, but it takes too long.'

"Three more got laid off today."

"In order to get through this, I've had to find an inner strength that I never knew I had in the medicine cabinet."

The Rat Race

Emergency book: 'How To Cope With Stress'.