How to stress less?

Put yourself first – you heard me!  Remember how the airline flight attendant asks you to place the oxygen mask on yourself first and then on your child.  Same philosophy!  When we take care of ourselves, we can better care for others with no frustration.

Slow down – do you really have to get it all done today?  We all know our work will never truly get done, so stop and smell the roses along the way.   Use yellow highlighter on your to do list to highlight what you did get done.  This is a positive approach to focusing on what you did do, not what you didn’t

Focus on what you want.  You are wasting precious energy when you focus on what you don’t want.  Just think of the stressful hours, days, years we’ve already wasted on focusing on what we don’t want.  Our thoughts do make our reality.

If you find yourself stressed, impatient or angry, apply Rule Number 6. Below is a great story behind this from:

The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander.

Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, .... [ read more ]