Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work – Simple Ways to Minimize Stress and Conflict While Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and Others
             This book was fun to read and it was rather interesting to learn about the different causes of stress. There are 100 little chapters, about two to three pages long each. This book talks about how unhappy people are often held back by their own misery and stress which distract them from success. If you dare to be happy, your life and your work will take on greater significance and will be experienced as an extraordinary adventure. The following includes tips from the book that will help minimize stress and conflict.
             Some people are controlling. They attempt to manipulate the behaviors of others for their own purposes. People who are controlling carry with them a great deal of stress because not only do they have to be concerned with their own choices and behaviors, but insist that others think and behave in certain ways as well. Obviously, in business, there are times when you want others to see things as you do. That is part of business. What hurts the controlling person is what goes on inside, the feelings and emotions. The key element seems to be a lack of willingness to allow other people to fully be themselves.
             Avoid corporate bragging. The problem with this is that bragging about how busy you are reinforces, to yourself, how stressed out you are. It keeps you overly focused on the most negative aspects of your work. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, keeping you caught up in your own business. Regardless of who you are or what you do for a living, it's not very interesting for someone to listen to you brag about business. No matter how you look at it, corporate bragging does no good. Talking about how busy or overwhelmed you are only exacerbates your stress and makes you a less interesting person.
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