Stress Warrior Gifts

"How long have you been multitasking?"

'Martin occasionally suffered nagging worries that he had been promoted beyond his abilities.'

"What do I do? I'm a high stress teacher. I mean a high school teacher."

Heavy Data Load.

'Your backbone is deteriorated... how long have you been a middle manager?'

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

'Your department is running three weeks behind, Ferguson -- these heart attacks have got to stop!'

Costs and Blood Pressure

'I can't sleep. I'm all wound up.'

'Sure, I can stay late. Will you help me work through my feelings of anger and bitter resentment?'

Business cartoon showing a stressed business woman who has three urgent messages on her office door.

"You need to reduce the stress. You live a very unhealthy lifestyle!"

'Dealing with Stress, Cooking for Forty and Nightmare Families. Christmas reading?'

"I've been transfered onto the night shift in accident & emergency!"

office noise

Doctor sleeps in a patients bed.

"I avoid stress by delegating it all to my staff."

Areas of the Body Where Stress Can Manifest

Man knitting to other: 'My doctor prescribed golf to get my mind off business, then tennis to get my mind off golf, then bowling to get ...'

'...Franklin realised he'd become bald during his trip home.'

'Word has it that you have an ulcer, Tomkins. Nice going! You'll find an extra 20 bucks in your paycheck.'

Three gates of hell: marriage counseling, investments, company meetings

'Oh Lordy...another bad day at Black Rock dear?'

Tom Bagley's Outer Shell.

Stress Relief for CEOs

"Look at my appointments schedule for the month ... it's insane!"

"Poor guy. All the papers that piled up in his office while he was on vacation fell on him."

"You OK Sonny? Looks like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders there."

How to manage stress...

"I AM a counsellor..!"

'All work and no play make Johnny a dull boy...keep it up, Johnny!'

'Well, it was one of those days, Hon! I had a full bladder and an empty stomach...'

'You're in extreme danger because. . . and of course worrying about those things will kill you.'

'While you were out I replaced you.'

He had reduced his business strategy panic attacks to under four hours.