Calm Down (Top 10 Ways to…)

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Forbes: How Successful People Stay Calm:

TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90% of top performers are skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress in order to remain calm and in control. If you’ve followed my work, you’ve read some startling research summaries that explore the havoc stress can wreak on one’s physical and mental health. The tricky thing about stress (and the anxiety that comes with it) is that it’s an absolutely necessary emotion. Our brains are wired such that it’s difficult to take action until we feel at least some level of this emotional state. In fact, performance peaks under the heightened activation that comes with moderate levels of stress. As long as the stress isn’t prolonged, it’s harmless.

While I’ve run across numerous effective strategies that successful people employ when faced with stress, what follows are ten of the best. Some of these strategies may seem obvious, but the real challenge lies in recognizing when you need to use them and having the wherewithal to actually do so in spite of your stress.

  1. They appreciate what they have
  2. They avoid asking “what if”
  3. They stay positive
  4. They disconnect
  5. They limit their caffeine intake
  6. They sleep
  7. They squash negative self-talk
  8. They re-frame their perspective
  9. They breathe
  10. They use their support-system

Read full article @ Forbes: How Successful People Stay Calm

Thank you Tarique

32 thoughts on “Calm Down (Top 10 Ways to…)”

  1. Sounds right – tho’ a little counterintuitive ’cause if one did all these things, one arguably wouldn’t feel stress. But if you’re feeing stressed and someone tells you to breathe or take a nap – they might just tell you to take a flying leap off a short pier. Just sayin’… 😉

  2. Except for folks with mental illness. Then even low levels of positive stress trigger symptoms. By the time some of us reach “moderate” levels of stress, we’re unable to function at all.

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