Hydraulicspneumatics 2095 Chucky2
Hydraulicspneumatics 2095 Chucky2
Hydraulicspneumatics 2095 Chucky2
Hydraulicspneumatics 2095 Chucky2
Hydraulicspneumatics 2095 Chucky2

Dealing with stress

Aug. 24, 2010

I don't know who the author is, but the following advice sounds pretty good to me.
I don't know who the author is, but the following advice sounds pretty good to me.

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

He continued, "And that's the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on. You have to put the glass of water down for a while and rest before holding it again. Likewise, once you're refreshed, you can carry on with the burden.

"So before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home; you can pick it up tomorrow. Put it down, and don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while."

Here are some tidbits from the same author:

♦ Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

♦ Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

♦ Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

♦ Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "recalled" by their maker.

♦ If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

♦ If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

♦ Your sole purpose in life may simply be to be kind to others.

♦ Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time or you won't have a leg to stand on.

♦ Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

♦ When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

♦ Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

♦ You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

♦ Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

♦ A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

♦ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all live in the same box. (This one is attributed to Robert Fulghum)

About the Author

Alan Hitchcox Blog | Editor in Chief

Alan joined Hydraulics & Pneumatics in 1987 with experience as a technical magazine editor and in industrial sales. He graduated with a BS in engineering technology from Franklin University and has also worked as a mechanic and service coordinator. He has taken technical courses in fluid power and electronic and digital control at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin and has served on numerous industry committees.

Continue Reading

Motor leakage variations

Oct. 18, 2006
affect low-speed performance

The Impacts of Electrification on Fluid Power Systems

May 15, 2023
Electrification presents challenges as well as opportunities to re-evaluate and improve upon the design of hydraulics and pneumatics.

Sponsored Recommendations

7 Key Considerations for Selecting a Medical Pump

Feb. 6, 2024
Newcomers to medical device design may think pressure and flow rate are sufficient parameters whenselecting a pump. While this may be true in some industrial applications, medical...

How Variable Volume Pumps Work

Feb. 6, 2024
Variable volume pumps, also known as precision dispense pumps, are a positive displacement pump that operates by retracting a piston to aspirate a fluid and then extending the...

What is a Check Valve and How Does it Work?

Feb. 6, 2024
Acheck valve, a non-return or one-way valve, is a mechanical device that allows a gas or liquid to flow freely in one direction while preventing reverse flow in the opposite ...

The Difference Between Calibrated Orifices and Holes

Feb. 6, 2024
Engineers tasked with managing fluid flow talk about both holes and calibrated orifices, but they are two distinct entities. A hole can be any opening, but a calibrated orifice...