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Is Stress Always Bad?

Wayne rivers
By Wayne rivers
10 minutes

This week’s vlog is another counterintuitive one and, thankfully, the last in a very short series. If we’re brutally honest with ourselves, we must admit that construction is a very stressful industry. There is unrelenting pressure to get jobs done on time and on budget while circumstances seem to conspire to do all they can to prevent or delay positive resolutions. Stress is very real. But is stress ALWAYS a bad thing?

Please tune in this week as Wayne explores the different types of stress and opines that what may feel like stress is actually the positive kind (eustress) which can help construction leaders stretch, grow, and develop as professionals and people. What do you think? Can stress actually be good? What’s your experience? Please share with us in the comments.

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