Stress Up Stress Stress is paradoxical. It can be good. It sharpens you, can be exhilarating and helps you do your job well.
Stress can also be very destructive.
It can make you ill and unhappy, it reduces your productivity, it can make you under-perform at work. The fine line between productive stress and negative stress is different for us all. In some employment situations stress is considered a macho thing. In other words there is a culture of working late, missing meal breaks and diary loading. This is all very well for a while and may even be exhilarating.