17 DecHow to Beat Stress

Copyright (c) 2009 Willie Horton

Stress is a choice. Stress has nothing to do with external events or how other people are treating or mistreating you. Stress is unrelated to what’s going on around you. Rather, stress is the sole result of what’s going on inside. We make sense of what is happening externally based on what psychology calls our “stored knowledge” – things we have learned from previous experiences, in particular those that took places in our formative childhood years. This stored knowledge enables us react without having to give too much thought to what is actually happening. However, when you consider that the average adult’s stored knowledge is decades out of date and, therefore, totally unrelated to what is actually happening in the here and now, the average normal adult ends up making non-sense of external events and, in being enabled to react without giving it too much thought, is effectively disabled from taking any real action to appropriately handle what is actually happening in the moment.

It really is that simple – stress is the result of a disabled mind reacting to what it thinks is going on. Read more…

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09 DecHow to beat stress

First of all, anything you’ll read now or in any stress advice related article – your first thought would be ‘huh easier said then done… ‘ . Just understand that if you have taken the pain to search this topic online, you might actually go on and try implementing a few things in these articles. Not all but some steps are surely going to make a difference.

The only suggestions I can make are from my daily life, what I find helpful while dealing with stress.

1. Make yourself understand (repeat in head continuously) that stress is something that will come along all the time in life. In job, at home, in love … everywhere. The idea is to not shatter every time something is taking a toll on you but learn to continue living while dealing with it. Read more…

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02 DecLearning To Relax At Work: 3 Helpful Tips To Relax And Beat Stress At Work

Learning to relax at work can be quite a challenge, especially when you’re working for a high-powered and high-pressure company. The work environment tends to be toxic. For most people, going to work is like going to a battlefield. You always have to be on high alert.

To work in such a stressful environment can be unhealthy. At some point, you’re going to have to learn to ease up. In fact, learning to relax at work can often lead to better performance.

So how are you going to do that with your boss breathing down your neck? Read this article and find out!

Tip # 1: Keep Your Desk Clutter-Free. Read more…