Invest in your most valuable asset: The human element (HE)
Who is (HE)?
(HE) is the one variable that can dramatically affect the fate of your business. If you have the right people working in an energized, productive environment you have a better chance to set clear goals and more importantly to achieve them. (HE) is your most valuable asset and, as so, you should be taking good care of him.
However (HE) is in trouble now. Unwarned and completely unprepared, (HE) has been taken into a wild ride into the 21st century, where (HE) is suffering the consequences of a fast-paced, highly pressurized, overwhelming environment, which (HE) was not ready to confront.
A Beautiful Mind
A beautiful and seamless mind is one of (HE)’s main attributes. As part of a perfect mechanism, the mind is capable of identifying its own limitations and does not hesitate to jump onto safety mode when its capabilities are exceeded. The bad news is that the mind is already on safety mode; we better know it by its more popular name: STRESS.
Stress is the mind’s first warning that things are not going well. Its first signs are normally released through the physical body as minor sleep disorders, muscular cramps, lack of appetite and several others. However, if continuously ignored, consequences can be daunting: from depression to apathy to organ failure.
“The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that U.S. employers lose about $70 billion a year due to the absenteeism, lost productivity and disability caused by mental distress.”
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