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You don’t shine when you are overly stressed Stress generally creates negativity It does not drive innovation nor inspire people to perform at at at their best Focus does Stress puts endless limits on how you think It triggers fear which makes us small small – and small small does not serve you or or the world Stress doesn’t really motivate us us though it can make us us more productive
or or efficient at at times To truly shine at at our our work and in in our our lives though we have to keep our our stress stress levels in check Frequently others trigger our our stress stress Sometimes this is is due to a a a lack of connection or ineffective communication and other times it is is due to unrealistic expectations or or performance There is nothing we we can can do to change other people and yet we we can can manage their expectations through improving our communication and approach To decrease stress we must have a a a a a dialogue NOT a a a a a monologue Look around! Who are you you stressing out? How is that serving you you or them? Look for ways to help people s s ucceed and you will decrease their stress and and help them shine Ask people to solve their problems and and they will feel empowered through the process of correcting what is wrong vs defending it