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: Ms. JDHow to Avoid Crying at Work [Part 1 of 3]
By Anna
Last week I linked to a lively discussion of crying in public. In a comment, CM asked how to prevent crying at inappropriate moments. Sintecho asked me the same thing a couple weeks back. So I've rounded up a bunch of bona fide face-savers plus a myth to debunk. From research and my all-too-personal experience, here are twelve ways to avoid tears at work.
· Focus on your breathing
· Take a step back
· Cauterize your tear ducts
· Distract yourself with pain
· Use props
· Let yourself get angry
· Try behavioral modification
· Do it for somebody else
· Forge ahead
· Just ignore it
· Deflect with a white lie
· Be honest and direct
Different situations call for different techniques. An explanation of when, how and why each technique works (or doesn't) follows after the jump...
Full post as published by Ms. JD on February 16, 2008 (boomark / email).
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