Tip #111 – Work Can Indeed Be Toxic
In a study by researchers at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (United Kingdom), those subjects who worked for a boss they considered as unfair experienced a 15 mm Hg rise in their systolic pressure and a 7 mm Hg increase in their diastolic pressure (as compared to days on which they worked for a boss they considered as more favorable). A rise of just 10 mm Hg systolic pressure and/or 5 mm Hg diastolic pressure is associated with a 16% higher risk of heart disease and 38% increased risk of stroke.
Work with your boss to create a fair and considerate working environment, which will not only reduce the risks to your health, but will promote productivity and improve workplace morale to the benefit of management.
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there." ~ Indira Gandhi
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