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"no biggie, it's just like learning to navigate a busy city" Such insidious reframing with absolutely no mention of burnout possibility. Yuck.
"no biggie, it's just like learning to navigate a busy city" Such insidious reframing with absolutely no mention of burnout possibility. Yuck.
That phrase resonated with me. Do you not get burnout when you spend too much time in a busy city? God forbid you'd have to navigate one 8-5 every weekday.
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TFA doesn't say that "frustration tolerant" people tolerate problems , but that they tolerate frustration as they fix those problems "without succumbing to negative emotions or counterproductive behaviors". I was far more frustration intolerant earlier in my career, part of which I can now attribute to undiagnosed AuDHD. Although I can't say that I've mastered frustration tolerance, I've learned to moderate it to the…
I’d be interested to hear how you’ve learned to moderate your response to frustration more effectively. Practices? Medication? Etc.
For a mid level engineer, learning to do so effectively is worth a lot more money than any other marginal skill improvement.
As it turns out my frustration tolerance is very low...I decided to check out of this rotten system and go my own way a few months ago. My stress levels plummeted since.
Power to those who can function in highly frustrating environments, but for me the only winning move is to not play the game in the first place.
"no biggie, it's just like learning to navigate a busy city" Such insidious reframing with absolutely no mention of burnout possibility. Yuck.
That phrase resonated with me. Do you not get burnout when you spend too much time in a busy city? God forbid you'd have to navigate one 8-5 every weekday.
Also sounds like an exploit, a cheap excuse for people with the power to profit from frustratation to get away.
On the long run, frustration leads to paranoia, and paranoia leads to unpredictableness, which in high doses seems to be harmful for any organization.
So, it seams that dealing with (not exactly tolerating, also not intolerating, it's different) paranoia is way more important. But also, if we don't have paranoia, we can find ourselves in the receiving end of endless frustration.
A delicate situation.
As it turns out my frustration tolerance is very low...I decided to check out of this rotten system and go my own way a few months ago. My stress levels plummeted since.
As it turns out my frustration tolerance is very low...I decided to check out of this rotten system and go my own way a few months ago. My stress levels plummeted since.
Yeah... same. Power to those who can function in highly frustrating environments, but for me the only winning move is to not play the game in the first place.