Don’t Stress Yourself Out | Turning40.net
Posted on : 27-10-2009 | By : admin | In : Thought For the Day
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It’s very common to cause your own stress. Everyone does it. So don’t stress about your stress, learn some valuable techniques to alleviate it. Susan Fletcher, a practicing psychologist and stress management expert has tips to help:
Don’t read into things so much. “Sometimes a look is just a look and a dirty coffee cup is just a dirty coffee cup. It’s not a passive-aggressive way to say you are not appreciated,” Fletcher says. Don’t make things bigger than they need to be—with people or work. Some people make a project bigger than it needs to be in an effort to increase their own value, but they are increasing their own stress as a result.
Learn how to transfer trust. “I really like Stephen M.R. Covey’s stuff from his book Speed of Trust. He says people have to be able to trust before they feel it. Just like with your kids when you give them a little rope. And with someone who works for you, you have to let them fail because failure is feedback,” Fletcher says. “Don’t just say, ‘It’s easier to do myself.’”



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