The Stress Management and Reputation Connection

What if I told you that favorable reputation, at times at least, is strongly connected to stress and how intelligently and skillfully we manage it. What would you think about that assertion?

Does it sound plausible? Would it be helpful?

You might first think, too many questions Michael!

Stress can make us think and act in a manner that is less than ideal or tolerable to others and can increase the probability that we create problems in the world and subsequently, for ourselves in how we are experienced and judged.

We can commit unintended, or intended, foolish, reputation-damaging behavior.

This can happen through how we choose to communicate overtly or passively, how we act out (aggressively or in a way that is passive aggressive), vices we indulge in to self soothe, and act in ways that call for action but we instead ignore or resist.

So it makes sense that if we learn healthy stress management skills and apply them regularly that we will significantly lower the likelihood that we do something somehow, some way that offends or harms others and inflicts pain on our name, reputation and professional and personal lives.

Valuable.

It’s helpful to examine our stress management competency. Has it always proven reliable? Has it ever failed you? Will it prove reliable in the future under the greatest of duress?

It is smart to determine what improvements, even if small, could be made to increase the strength and trustworthiness of how you respond to stress.

Useful, important and intelligent questions to ask today and often.