Cooling Stress, Part 1

• Judi Light Hopson
• 2007 Oct 8

Are you quarreling with a co-worker? If so, stop emphasizing your differences. Instead, build common ground.

Try this:

• Use "we" language. Say, "We both want what’s best," or "We might need to cool down and rethink this."
• Avoid "you" language. Saying, "You did this," or "You failed to do that," sounds accusatory.             

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• Judi Light Hopson

  Judi Light Hopson is considered by her peers to be the nation’s top expert on stress issues affecting emergency responders. Ms. Hopson is a syndicated columnist for McClatchy-Tribune News Media, co-author of the college textbook,  Burnout to Balance: EMS Stress , and founder of Hopson Global Education and Training.