Get a high definition picture of this in your mind!
The dream of a lifetime…let’s say international travel to
some place on your bucket list…and the pressures of life keep getting in the
way. It’s not that you don’t want to
realize the dream! It’s that you can’t
get yourself to a place of mental ease to do so.
The question in your mind is how can you possibly follow
your dreams of travel and deal with the long days of stress at work and
home? The answer: You can’t if you don’t learn how!
Dealing with stress in your life so you can have a life is a
learned skill. As they say: “You can do
this!”
Frankly, if you don’t learn how to effectively manage your
stress, your dream of a long, productive, and joyful life is at serious
risk. Stress can quietly kill all your
dreams and you!
Here’s how to overcome stress: Define; Distribute; Discipline; Do
DEFINE:
You begin overcoming stress by defining how you choose to think. Your goal should be to move your thinking to
believing you have the power to manage the stresses in your life.
Nobody else can do this for you.
You own it so fix it.
Every time you feel the stresses of your life rising to the level of
debilitating anxiety…STOP! Write down:
·
What exactly is happening that is causing the
stresses
·
Why these happenings are producing the anxiety you
are feeling
·
Define in writing what you are going to do to
adjust your thinking to deal with each anxiety producing circumstance
DISTRIBUTE:
Don’t try to do everything you define in writing all at once. Rather, breakdown what you are going to do
into bite-sized pieces and distribute them over your to-do lists for the next
few days. However, DO set a “doneline”
for when you will accomplish all you said you would do during your “Define”
step.
Your priority each day is to get the assigned bite-sized pieces for
that day done so you are assured of not creating more stress and anxiety by
missing your chosen “doneline.”
Now, it’s important to say, here, your goal should not be totally
eliminating anxiety and stress in your life.
No, the goal is to channel that anxiety and stress into productive
momentum. Truth is without some stress
in your life you probably wouldn’t be moved to do anything!
DISCIPLINE:
Here’s a major challenge for you.
To complete the steps of Define and Distribute requires you to force
yourself into a disciplined way of thinking.
Stress and anxiety are born of chaos and confusion. The only way to begin to settle the chaos and
confusion in your life is to discipline your thinking always. No excuses…no exceptions.
Discipline is defined as “a way of behaving that shows a willingness to
obey rules or orders.” So, to accomplish
this step in overcoming your stress you must set your own rules and give
yourself the necessary orders.
Doing so empowers you in such a way so you can accomplish the next
how-to.
DO:
Act on all three of the “how to’s” above and you can DO anything you
dream AND with reduced stress and anxiety.
You CAN “have it all” but you must constantly, define, distribute and
discipline yourself to do so.
What is the first source of stress you
are going to begin working on using the above how-to’s?
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