By #2: Christian Bale
Lesson: Don’t crack under pressure.
If you haven’t heard the audio, you’ve been living under a rock.
The action movie star famously lost his temper on the set of the Transformers sequel, shouting countless profanities at the film’s director of photography, Shane Hurlbut.
His fit of rage was caught on tape and, of course, a YouTube video quickly circulated the internet. His reputation went from sexy, brooding screen legend to world class A-hole (still kind of sexy, though).
Getting worked up at work is not uncommon or unexpected. But keeping your cool in the face of blood-pressure raising circumstances is essential, not just to your reputation at work, but to your overall health and happiness. Lose your temper like Mr. Bale and you may never live it down. A good way to avoid blowing up is incorporating a regular meditation practice into your daily routine to attune your body to a calm, relaxed state. Here are some simple meditations just for nurses.
