Have you ever thought about how the same adrenaline that surges through brains also impacts work with dangerous results? How so?
Imagine a person comes into work full of stress … with cortisol adrenaline surging … at the start of the day. We now know that under conditions of stress, anxiety, excitement, or fear … adrenaline hormones such as cortisol … are released from that person’s adrenal gland into the bloodstream. They are also released into their workplace with harmful effects, such as shutting down others’ ability to learn and create.
Behavior changes for the person, and for those at work, and it’s not always for the better. When adrenaline reaches the liver, for instance, it stimulates spurts of glucose – which trigger rapid energy. Why does this matter?
Sudden increases of adrenaline caused by anger can constrict heart vessels, which in turn force the heart to pump with far too much pressure for healthy behavior. The surge, also known as epinephrine can be dangerous, because it tightens your blood vessels.
Check out the solution – which goes to work when we substitute dangerous chemical hormones for more serotonin. Can you see how adrenaline … carried into work in your own skull, or in colleagues’ brains … can impact work that day?
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