Tips For Personal Success » stress reduction http://tipsforpersonalsuccess.com Tips For Achieving Your Personal Success Goals Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Dealing With Uncertainty http://tipsforpersonalsuccess.com/happiness/dealing-with-uncertainty/ http://tipsforpersonalsuccess.com/happiness/dealing-with-uncertainty/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:15:39 +0000 admin http://tipsforpersonalsuccess.com/?p=494 “The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.” – Seneca (5 BC – 65 AD)

What’s This Uncertainty About?

Well, according to Seneca uncertainty has been with the human race for quite some time. Where’s this uncertainty come from? Fear about the future? Fear of the unknown almost always cause stress. However, experts estimate that at least 90% of the things we worry about never come true! Yet, how much time and energy do we waste worrying about what may never come?

If you’re feeling anxious or worried about what might happen, use these tips to help alleviate your fear and stress:

Avoid worrying about the “What ifs.”

Instead of sitting around imagining all the bad scenarios that could possibly happen, funnel your energy into taking action to improve your situation, find a solution to your challenge, or work around the problem.

Adopt an optimistic attitude.

Redirect your thoughts so you vividly imagine good outcomes. It’s a funny thing, but expecting good outcomes more often results in the positive outcomes you desire!

Live in the moment.

As mentioned earlier in these posts, when you’re focused on this moment, worries about the future just don’t exist.

Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
BB

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Exercise is paramount to optimum health. Exercising not only burns off excess calories, but it also rushes extra oxygen throughout your body and brain to help in cell function, which keeps your heart, circulatory system, lungs, and muscles in shape.
Exercise releases stress and helps you maintain a healthy metabolism. It warms you up in the winter and makes you look good all year round!

So exercise not only prevents stress, but also helps eliminate it. If you exercise at least 3 times per week, it’ll help you combat stress.
Strive to be active whenever you can: take the stairs instead of elevators, go for a walk with your friends, and play with your kids. The goal is to keep moving and enjoy a healthy lifestyle!

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“Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.” – Walter Savage Landor

Today’s tip for personal success concerns unresolved conflicts. These conflicts can be a constant source of stress and distraction. Are you harboring anger or resentment against a loved one, friend, or co-worker? It’s time to learn how to let it go!

Use these personal success tips to eliminate this type of stress:

1.  Bring it out into the open. If you’re hurt, let the other person know. It’s possible that they’re unaware of how the event affected you. Once it’s out in the open, try to resolve it together.

2.  Express your emotions creatively. Write your thoughts in a journal or release your negative emotions in a creative outlet like painting, composing music, dancing, or other activities.

3.  Put it in perspective. There are much worse things that have or could have happened, right? Be thankful it wasn’t worse.

4.  Forgive them.  Yes them, holding onto this negativity and conflict has hurt only you. Refuse to let it affect your life any further. Forgive them, let it go, and move on with your life free from this stress. If the other party isn’t willing to forgive, that’s not of your concern. Once you forgive, move on.

5.  Here are some daily affirmations you can repeat assist  you in healing  from stress due to conflict:

  • I let go of the anger inside me and I feel free.
  • I sincerely forgive others.
  • I am strong enough to overcome any negativity.

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