True story

The team sat down on the table, with one clear motive. They wanted to come up with a guaranteed way of helping any colleague who was too stressed, too agitated, too troubled.

They went around the table sharing with each other what worked with them when they were stressed.

One said going for a swim, another said going for a drive, yet another said leaving town for the weekend and so on.

They then started substituting a single word for what worked for them.

Any guesses what the word was?

"Space."

The team unanimously agreed that when they were stressed, they wanted space, a certain distance from the current environment.

And that's what they did. They made a checklist of the signs of burnout and then if any team member displayed 3 or more signs of burnout, they would loan or gift their offs to that team member.

What can I say, it worked like magic.

True story.

What works for you when you are stressed?