Antidote to Outrage

The Antidote to Outrage: Responding Effectively to the new Federal Administration by David Jones

Someone recently shared a graphic illustrating how humans react to stress. A relatively low level of stress can have a positive, productive impact on our work. However, when our stress builds we respond with alarm or resistance–in other mammals we call this fight or flight. And, when stress becomes all-consuming our response mechanisms become so overloaded that we freeze up. Think of that deer in your headlights. A cacophony of input overloads our brain’s ability to process, prioritize and respond rationally. We shut down. We give up.