{"id":789,"date":"2012-09-07T12:29:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T12:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madprogrammer76.wordpress.com\/?p=789"},"modified":"2012-09-07T12:29:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T12:29:27","slug":"keeping-a-cool-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andrewpallant.ca\/wordpress\/keeping-a-cool-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping a Cool Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent events at work caused 3 days of fire fighting to keep systems going. It was a lot of work and was not easy. Stress levels were at an all-time high. While showing the rest of the staff that I was dedicated to fixing the issues, I managed to keep a cool head and work systematically. It’s not easy to keep a cool head, but a lot more problems can occur if you do not. We had one incident when I was in a meeting, a mistake was made that cost me a loss of 2 hours and it could have been prevented by pausing for a second.<\/p>\n

Some of the issues that can occur of you let yourself get hot headed are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Mistakes are made and sometimes they are bigger mistakes than you started with<\/li>\n
  2. People’s negative energy level jumps to an all time-high<\/li>\n
  3. Physical ailments begin to surface in the people directly involved<\/li>\n
  4. Tempers fly<\/li>\n
  5. Stress increases beyond managed control<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to keep a cool head<\/span><\/p>\n