My Blog this week focuses on a behaviour, 'patience'.
Firstly, let’s look at patience.
We all have days when we feel less patient. For example, endless queues, things breaking,
plans being changed which can all make us all less tolerant. Someone once told me ‘don’t fret about things
you can’t change, use your energy for the things you can’. After all, patience is the level of endurance
we experience before negativity. Patience is seen as a decision making
problem, involving a small benefit in the short term and a more substantial
reward in the long term. An example of being impatient is road rage which within a transport environment can often be
witnessed.
A positive solution is to pinpoint triggers that may be of
influence and this can flow into work and home life, which benefits everyone There are many benefits to being
patient.(ask my wife). A major one is it can reduce
your stress levels and improve your health.
We all have seen the fast car overtake only to be stopped by a traffic
light. This action did not get the
driver to one point quicker, if anything the driver ended up more frustrated. Think about the tortoise and the hare.
