Productively Handling a Pandemic

By Bruce Rock

COVID-19 has been a major challenge for many people in 2020. This book discusses some issues related to handling the COVID-19 pandemic such as managing one's emotional well-being, relationships with friends and family, and work-from-home concerns.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce Rock
• Release date: Dec 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005435370

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Productively Handling a Pandemic

By Bruce Rock

Copyright 2020 Bruce Rock

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Table of Contents

Common Challenges

Tips for Working from Home (WFH)

Ways to Cope

Looking Ahead

Common Challenges

COVID-19 has changed our lives on an all-encompassing scale. Over 100 countries have implemented some form of lockdown in response to the pandemic, restricting the movement of a significant fraction of the world’s population. This not only has greatly strained the global economy, but also has caused a number of changes to everyday life.

While different people may handle stressful situations in different ways, it is important to keep in mind that COVID-19 has presented a number of challenges for everyone. Many of these challenges may be shared among groups of people. Below, we list a number of common challenges that we or our friends and co-workers have faced. See if you can identify with some of these.

COVID-19 has led to increased anxiety in many people.