 Keeping Things In Perspective
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When you are under stress it is very easy to lose perspective. Problems that are relatively minor can take on an apparent size that makes them seem difficult and intimidating. Naturally this feeds your feeling of stress, which makes your problems feel worse, which feeds your feeling of stress.
Your attitude and it's effect on your stress is fundamental to long-term stress management. If you take a positive approach to life, trying to maintain a sense of perspective and find a good side to every situation, then you will find that you are much less prone to stress. You will worry less, sleep better and enjoy life more. You will probably also find that people will be more helpful and co-operative as they find you a pleasure to work with.
Where your attitude is negative or hostile, you will create problems out of opportunities and cause stress by alienating and irritating other people.
An important part of this is learning to view mistakes as learning experiences. If you have learned something from a mistake, then it has a positive value. |
