Week Highlights: 7/19 to 7/23
This week all my posts focused on stress. For your convenience – just in case you missed one – all the posts are listed below with links.
“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.” Andrew Bernstein, Philosopher
Monday:
A REALISTIC APPROACH TO STRESS MANAGEMENT THAT DOESN’T CAUSE MORE STRESS
I hate the expression, ‘stress management’. I get stressed when people tell me to relax. Thick books about managing stress make my belly hurt.
Not all stress is bad.
Tuesday:
3 QUESTIONS THAT RESOLVE STRESS QUICKLY (Most viewed post of the week)
- What’s the worst that could happen.
- What would you like to do about that?
- How much does this matter?
Wednesday:
STRESS: HOW TO GET SCREAMING MONKEYS OFF YOUR BACK
Sometimes stress is a screaming monkey that belongs to someone else.
4 people with a monkey ownership addiction:
- Helpful Helen.
- Compassionate Charlie.
- Brilliant Buford.
- Imaginative Ida.
Thursday:
HOW TO ANSWER THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD THAT CREATES THINGS YOU DREAD
Stress is made by voices in your head, not circumstances, people, or events you dread.
The false safety of inaction prolongs the agonies of life.
Dr. Seuss believed the waiting place was the most useless place.
Friday:
How to Navigate the Gap Between Responsibility and Ability
Two factors influence your response to stressful situations – who you are and learned strategies.
Good people respond poorly to stress because they haven’t learned any better.
Love the reviews. So good and great repetition!
On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 5:32 AM Leadership Freak wrote:
> Dan Rockwell posted: ” This week all my posts focused on stress. For your > convenience – just in case you missed one – all the posts are listed below > with links. “Remember that stress doesn’t come from what’s going on in your > life. It comes from your thoughts about what’” >
Thanks Thomas. I appreciate you stopping in this morning.
Dan a most timely series after this last year plus which created additional stress for everyone. I often tell people who are stressed over a decision to pretend you are at the edge of a cliff, looking down and understand the various outcomes of their choices. Once you face it, often the decision is easier and once you make any decision, you feel better. Brad
Thanks Brad. Standing on the edge of a cliff seems like a great way to invite people to get to a decision-point. The stress of procrastinating on a decision is worse than the stress of real consequences.
Great series Dan. Thank-you for your investment. Lots of great learning and re-learning for me.
Sorry – I also meant to tell you that “Helpful Helen” was sticky for me. I used that character this morning to guide my next work!