I am ashamed to admit I have, more than once, committed the egregious social, intimate relationship, workplace relationship, and parental sin, of telling someone in full sympathetic nervous system arousal, that they should just calm down. You may throw tomatoes, and possibly soft apples, now. It is possibly the least…
It’s hard to learn to swim on land. If the real job happens under pressure, some of the training should too
It’s very hard to learn to swim on land. At some point, sooner than later, ya gotta get in the water. I recently participated in a simulation with emergency managers, while they learned by engaging in a deliberately chaotic scenario. Fun, practical, and very, very useful. As an observer, it…
Stressed by COVID? Cut each other some slack
COVID can cause major stress because we don’t know what will happen. Under the circumstances, maybe we want to cut each other some slack.