About this report

The Endurance report deals with the root causes of stress for Kim, and how they react under pressure or when they feel tense. Narrower than the scope of the entire ‘stress industry’, the report reveals Kim’s perceived sources of positive and negative stress, pointing toward potential prevention and remedies.

We define ‘stress’ as the result of differences between what is ideal and what is real. It is an outcome of opposing external or internal pressures and tensions, an effect not a cause.

The Endurance group is broken into three sets of factors, as shown below.

Results for Kim Lee

Visible sources of stress

The first set consists of four visible sources of stress for Kim – their environment, their activities, how each might contribute to their experience of stress, and how others affect them.

• For Kim, their surrounding Activities and events are something of a source of pressure for them. Depending on the situation this may be providing positive drive or creating negative tensions.

• Kim can create some pressure on the Self by taking on issues and activities that may be beyond their capacity to perform, whether by complexity or number. Such inner tension can be a positive thing but it can bring about a sudden halt.

• They experience pressure and tension from and within their Environment. That may provide positive drive for them, or it may limit their performance, depending on capacity to handle issues (and depending on what the issues actually are).

• While Kim doesn’t consider Others to be a significant source of their own feelings of pressure and tension, this is situationally dependent, and this result indicates that to some extent Others can occasionally be a stressor.

Intangible stressors

The next four factors deal with less tangible causes of stress: issues of ambiguity and uncertainty; deprival of ways and means to perform; conflict between people; and frustration when trying to make headway or achieve something.

• Kim can be moderately affected by Ambiguity, becoming confused or stressed by a lack of clarity about what is expected of them. This can result from a variety of issues including conflicting demands, blurred goals, unclear or untried processes, or vague standards of performance.

• They have a reasonably strong perception that they lack the tangible means of achieving their aims or of doing what is expected. They feel the Deprival and sees the deficiencies in available processes, practical support, materials and facilities.

• Kim can be moderately affected by Conflict, controversy, disagreement and dissension, which can in turn limit their performance. Either relationships are bringing challenges to working harmoniously, or, the prescribed ways and means of working don’t suit the task at hand.

• Insofar as stress through Frustration is concerned, Kim can on occasion be slightly affected. Although they usually see little to frustrate what has to be done, in some situations an inability to get things done or make things happen could be mild stressors.

Responses to Stress

Some stress is desirable, especially in-built tension. Without this, any structure can collapse. But over-stressing has the same effect. Below, we examine Kim’s ‘fight or flight’ modes, as well as their ‘go with the flow’ coping response. Going with the flow actually allows for two approaches, one active and one passive, which we call ‘flow’ (carried along with the stream) and ‘fumble’ (trying without much guarantee of success to influence outcomes).

• Turning now to the first of theirfour responses to stress, Kim indicates that they may feel a mild urge to “Concede”, from stressful situations. They may avoid such situations as a coping mechanism and/or to keep the peace.

• When the opportuniy arises to reduce stress by choosing to Conform, Kim is may choose to go at their own pace and in their own direction. But if the need arises they could Conform in order to adapt to changes as and when they bring sufficient pressure.

• When Kim finds themself under pressure, they’ll endeavour to stand their ground, often taking a strong position on issues. They’re moderatly likely to Confront any perceived pressure.

• Lastly, the indications are moderately strong that in stressful situations Kim may attempt to Contain situations as a positive way to cope, working issues out as they evolve. When they’re unsure what to do, they might be inclined to defer any action until they’re in a better position to decide.