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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.
Andrew J. Bernstein
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.
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Negative thoughts stick around because we believe them, not because we want them or choose them.
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We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.
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Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done.
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People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
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People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.
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Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.
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The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.
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What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.
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Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.
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We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.
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