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Five Easy Ways To Increase Your Workplace Stress To Increase Your Personal Effectiveness

2011-12-27T23:47:00.000-05:00

Workplace stress is just a fact of working life, right? There’s nothing you can do to stop it, right? There’s nothing you can do to get rid of it, right? Well, the reality is that you can not only control it, but you can turn it to your advantage. You can use how you handle stress into the stepping stone for advancement and leadership. But if you don’t know this, then you are just stuck with it.

You will always encounter stress. The key is to minimize the harmful stress that you face, and to maximize the positive stress. What is positive stress? The stress you run into when you are growing or taking advantage of a new opportunity. Maximizing this kind of stress means that you are expanding your life and your personal effectiveness.

Here are 5 ways to increase your workplace stress to increase your personal effectiveness:

Manage your time to never have down time. It may feel good and relaxing to just waste time at work. But filling in those time gaps with productive work will increase your stress. And it will make you stand out as someone who can manage his or her time effectively.
Go full steam ahead when your energy is high. Everyone has different energy levels during the day. If you attack your work as if you have one constant energy level, you will burn yourself out during your low times. And you won’t take maximum advantage of your high energy times.
Spend some time socializing. What? How does socializing increase your stress? Well, if you’ve ever had the boss poke his or her head into an office and ask “Is this work time or play time, people?” then you know how this can cause stress. But socializing is important to building a team, and your boss will see the dividends during high stress situations.
Stress out over your personal appearance. Well, “stress out” is not the proper term. But do be aware of how you look, especially during high stress periods. Taking the time and effort to focus on your appearance will increase your stress, but evaluating your appearance will tell you al lot about how you are handling stress. For example, suddenly gaining weight lets you know that you are stress eating. Bags under your eyes means you are losing sleep.
Make a consistent effort to work on your support network. This can be friends at work or friends that have nothing to do with work. These are the people who help you with solutions to problems, who give you honest feedback on your life, and who rely on your for help with their lives. The natural reaction is to isolate yourself during periods of stress, so it may feel stressful to reach out to people.

Merely tolerating stress is like trying to tread water while the Titanic sinks nearby. Trying to manage stress is like trying to stay dry in a rainstorm by avoiding the raindrops. Too many stress management systems focus on helping you feel good inside when you are under stress. But far too few do anything about making that stress end. Eventually, you become a pawn to your stress.

This article probably strikes you as counter-intuitive. Increasing workplace stress when you are in a stressful situation seems harmful, not helpful. But when you have a comprehensive stress management system that focuses on turning stressful situation into opportunities for growth, you will actually seek out stressful situations. In this way, you will maximize your personal effectiveness, the perception of you as an effective team developer, and a leader.

An example of the type of comprehensive stress management system discussed in this article is STRESS JUDO COACHING.

Stress Relieving Methods: Time Management

2011-10-03T22:51:00.000-04:00

In this economy, the pressure is on for you to be productive. To do more with less. And to do it in less time. Be more efficient. Usually under rapidly changing, almost chaotic, conditions. This adds to the stress you are already feeling at work of just trying to get on with your career. And all of this involves being able to master your use of time as one of your stress relieving methods.

Time management is really a bad term, since almost everyone can manage time. You can estimate how long it will take to get to and from the restaurant, and decide if you have enough time for lunch. You can look into the future and decide whether to take one week or two off for a vacation. And you already know how to prioritize, which is what most time management systems are really teaching. If you didn’t know how to prioritize, you would starve to death because you wouldn’t decide that eating now is more important than watching the TV.

Time management is ultimately about dealing with the stress of interruptions. Here are 5 tips on how to deal with stress at work by effective time management:

Learn to say “not yet.” The current trend is to tell you to “learn to say no.” But very often, “no” is not appropriate. “Not yet” or “not right now” leads to a discussion of just how important this particular interruption really is. And deferring it to a better time may actually be more productive.
Learn to say “not me.” Corporate cultures discourage doing anything that lets someone else take the glory. But they discourage even more the “crash and burn”: that results from taking on too much. If you cannot handle any more tasks, learn to discuss who else might be able to do it, if it has to be done now.
Learn to say “not enough.” A lot of stress is caused by poorly defined or undefined projects. Your boss has an idea and tells you to implement it. Learn to tell him or her that it needs more definition to be effective. And if you can’t define it right now, or aren’t the right person to define it, see #1 and #2 above!
Learn to say “not here.” Many times, what you are asked to do should be asked somewhere else. Like the co-worker who wants to talk about tomorrow’s meeting in your office. Talk about it at the meeting. Or the co-worker who wants to review a memo at lunch. Talk about it in the office.
Learn to say “Na-na-nooo-nooo, stick your head in ….” What??!! What the heck does this mean? It means learn to have a sense of humor. Some interruptions cans only be dealt with in a humorous way. Not a sarcastic or condescending way. But if you can use a classic punch line or a quote from a great comedy to respond to an interruption, go for it.

Change involves stress, even changing your methods to cope with stress! But staying with the methods you are using now most likely isn’t working. If you don’t know how to deal with stress at work, then doing more of the same will only lead to more frustration. And more stress.

One of the best stress relieving methods is to try to simply remove the stress. If interruptions are causing stress, then use one of these methods to eliminate the interruption. This is a principle of judo: redirect the force of your opponent’s attack, rather than meet it head on. By eliminating or redirecting the stress, you are not removing the stress of this moment. You are also removing the stress of future moments, since by definition the stress won’t be there. Probably the best stress relieving tip there is.

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Not Every Interested Client is a Buying Client - 5 Tips

2010-01-05T23:05:00.000-05:00

True or false: Every now and then, you in your role as salesperson will meet someone who simply won't buy what you are selling. Well, obviously, that's true, right? I mean, no one has a 100% sales record. Because even though you have taken all the top-notch sales training courses and the best sales presentation training, your potential customers haven't. So all your sales tips and techniques won't work on someone who simply doesn't want to buy.

But maybe that's the wrong question. If we rephrase the question, then maybe the approach you can use changes. And if the approach changes, possibly the result changes. Possibly you get to 100% sales record. Let's try that different question.

True or false: Every now and then, you in your role as salesperson will meet someone who simply won't buy what you are selling RIGHT NOW. Oh, that's a little different, isn't it? Maybe if you shift your perspective from "selling now" to "selling ever," your sales approach will change.

1. Focus on establishing a relationship. Move from what you learned in the sales presentation training to what you've learned from establishing personal relationships. Focus more on establishing lines of communications and less on pushing your products or services.

2. Let the client know that they can come back to you as decision date gets closer. Tell them that your role is to help them make the best decision possible. Whatever information they need to best make that decision, you are available to provide it.

3. Use language of inclusion ("When we have our monthly meetings.." as opposed to "We offer you monthly meetings...") when explaining the benefits to the client.

4. Always look for openings to have them make a commitment to "lock in" a feature or a price. Establishing a relationship is nice. But having the client make a tangible commitment is better. And it can lead to greater opportunities to come back to the customer to move them further along the road to the ultimate purchase.

5. Look for ways to keep the sales presentation brief. Since it should be obvious that this particular session won't result in a sale, use the time efficiently to establish a relationship. Remember, not everything you have learned in your sales training courses is useful right now. But if you are going to spend a lot of time turning a potential sale in to an actual sale, spend that time as you travel along the path, not all at the beginning of the journey

One specific sales tip and technique is to use proper stress management to keep you calm and focused during the sales process. Other techniques include ways to close a sale, methods of meeting and overcoming objections, and patterns of negotiating price. But here - for this situation - maybe put aside your sales negotiation training and focus on establishing a relationship that will lead to a sale.

For more information on sales negotiation training and stress, please see STRESS JUDO, the Black Belt stress management program developed by Rick Carter. A trial attorney for 15+ years and martial artist for 25+ years, Rick developed this exclusive stress management program to handle emotional, physical, and mental stress, and to turn stressful situations into opportunities

Stress And Sales Presentation Training

2010-01-03T19:51:00.000-05:00

A new article on how you can use stress management to close more sales:
5 TIPS TO PREVENT STRESS FROM KILLING EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED IN YOUR SALES NEGOTIATION TRAINING

STRESS JUDO Black Belt System OPEN!!

2009-10-17T11:56:00.003-04:00

The STRESS JUDO Black Belt System is now open for new members.
Are you looking to eliminate stress from your life?
Do you need to attack high blood pressure symptoms today?
Are you tired of choosing between "stress handle" and "stress reduce"?

Train for a BLACK BELT in stress management.
Each month - from YELLOW belt to BLACK belt - you receive:

2 full-length complete Manuals. For example, YELLOW belt is CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING and TIME MANAGEMENT.
2 Action Steps charts. So you can apply your training IMMEDIATELY.
2 Check Lists. So you can review and assimilate your training.
2 Mind Maps. An efficient overview of each belt.
SYLLABUS. Out suggestion on how to train for maximum and immediate results.

SPECIAL BONUS!!! Each member who signs up in October 2009 gets STRESS JUDO: The Mastery Manual for --FREE--!!

STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter. Rick has bee a trial lawyer for 15+ years, and a maartial artist for 25+ years. The stress of the courtroom and the stress of the ring. Based on his experiences in both, and cutting edge research and technology, Rick developed STRESS JUDO.

STRESS JUDO trains you through 6 belt levels, to achieve mastery and control over stress.

Anxiety Help Is More Than Silly Sayings

2009-09-29T22:23:00.003-04:00

Here is an interesting article I saw on another blog:
Anxiety Help Is More Than Silly Sayings

Can you believe that title?
Who would have thought that a serious subject like stress management could have such a silly title!

A New and Unique Way to Improve Your Golf Technique

2009-09-05T12:43:00.001-04:00

If you are an avid golfer, you have tried several methods to improve your golf technique. Tried the latest improve-your-golf-swing video. Tried the latest hi-tech putter. Tried meditating, stress relief, or concentration exercises. Maybe even tried practicing more! But there is one method that you probably have not associated with golf improvement, because it doesn’t sound like it has anything to do with golf. What is this method?

Improving your fitness. Specifically, improving your golf fitness. Oh sure, being fit and in shape should have a generally positive effect on your golf game. But focusing on improving your fitness for golf will have an immediate effect on almost every part of your game.

1. Your swing will improve as your waist and shoulders become more flexible and stronger. You will be able to move in a more fluid manner. You won’t strain and you won’t try to power the ball down the fairway.

2. Your short game will benefit from increased concentration. You won’t be distracted by those little aches and pains, and that shortness of breath from hauling your clubs all over the course. You will be able to look at the putt and think only about the putt.

3. Your attitude will become more positive, as you see the changes in your weight and your overall health. Improving your health and fitness will help you have better self esteem.

4. Your desire will increase, as your muscles are stretched and become more flexible. You will simply feel better physically when you finish each round.

The problem with the way you are playing is that each of your movements is probably a compensation for your body’s inability to perform that golf action easily. For example, how many “adjustments” have you made to your swing, simply because you can’t swing your shoulders back to the proper form, and forward fast and smoothly enough? How much of your putting game is simply getting the ball close enough to the hole to tap it in, because you can’t hold your concentration enough to tap it in from farther out?

Focusing on and improving your golf fitness might be just the secret method to improve your golf technique. Want lower scores? Want form and style that is the envy of the rest of your foursome? Focus on your golf fitness, the quickest route to golf improvement.

For more information, click improve your golf technique.

ABOUT THIS AUTHOR:
For more information on how improving your fitness can dramatically take your golf game to the next level quickly and consistently, please click improve your golf technique Rick Carter is a trial attorney and martial arts student who uses golf to relax from the stress of litigation, and to test his improvement in martial arts. He credits improving his overall fitness and flexibility with improving his golf game to the point where it's consistently enjoyable. Well, enjoyable for him. Not so much for those who can't keep up!

7 Tips For Stress Management At Work

2009-08-07T23:24:00.001-04:00

What would work be without stress? Pretty unsuccessful! Stress at work lets you know that you are challenging your own limits, when you are pushing beyond your own limits, like when you push yourself to finish a project before the deadline. Stress also wears down your physical and emotional systems. So stress management strategies are sought after by everyone.

Stress management and anxiety reduction in the workplace is used by most people to relieve the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks, which cause you to lose days off sick. It also allows you to focus on the many problems that arise on the job, and battle the stressor that is causing the anxiety. And it is only by eliminating the stressor that you can finally end the headaches, feeling of nervousness, and constant chest tightness from anxiety that is so harmful to you.

Let’s look at seven tips for stress management at work:
1. Identify whether your stress is real or imagined. In other words, if there are no tangible consequences to ignoring the stressor, then it is imagined stress and can be ignored.
2. If it is real stress, use creative problem solving to think of as ways to attack it other than your body’s “fight or flight” reaction. The bad health effects of stress are most often caused by this reaction.
3. Engage as many people as possible to help you. By sharing the burden, you lighten the load – and the stress – on you.
4. Make sure your management is aware of what you are doing. This eliminates the stress of doubt about how your work will be received.
5. Set this as a priority high enough to allow you to reject non-priority tasks and interruptions.
6. Take one concrete specific action toward step 1 of your first goal.
7. Assess the results.

While these 7 tips sound pretty common-sense, actually doing them is far from common-place. And performing them under stress is even rarer. Many run-of-the-mill stress management systems are built around one or two techniques, like deep breathing or meditating. But these seven tips for stress management, all performed by you under stress, are your ticket to comprehensive stress management and anxiety reduction in the workplace.

Be sure to talk to your doctor about other ways to reduce the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks. Medications or therapies may be necessary for some people. And, of course, you must be aware that the constant chest tightness from anxiety that you have might unfortunately be a heart attack! So consult with your doctor before and during any stress or anxiety situation.

Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. To see exactly how you can do this - and for 2 FREE reports on stress reduction - go to stress management. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring have physical and psychological stress. It was to handle these stresses that STRESS JUDO was developed, to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities. STRESS JUDO teaches you the 12 components of successful stress management, and how to use the energy of the stress to successfully fight through and win.

5 Ways to Gain Respect at Work by Managing Stress

2009-08-03T22:18:00.002-04:00

The easiest way to come to management's attention is to melt down during a crisis. Or to say the wrong thing to the wrong person, just because you are having stress at home and you carry it over into the workplace. All of your good accomplishments, goals attained, co-worker respect - all gone in one fleeting moment. All because you didn't know what to do to relieve stress.
For 5 ways to gain respect at work by being able to handle stress, specifically by managing your time better, click .
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Why You Need More Than ONE Stress Management Technique

2009-08-03T00:49:00.000-04:00

I saw an article recommending that you pick ONE stress management technique and perfect it.

Seriously?

Will exercise help you when the stressor is your kid turning blue from choking?

Will yoga help you when the stressor is your wife has emptied the bank accounts and taken the kids to Idaho?

Will deep breathing help you when the stressor is the new guy in the office who’s undermining your authority and gunning for your job?

You need a stress management system. A comprehensive stress management system.

STRESS JUDO takes you through 6 belts, with 12 techniques. Ranging from creative problem solving to exercise to deep breathing.

Go to stress management for 2 FREE reports on stress management.

JON AND KATE COULD HAVE USED STRESS JUDO

2009-06-24T23:39:00.002-04:00

Jon and Kate Gosselin are going through a divorce. It's actually not that big a deal, since thousands of people go through divorce every day. But Jon and Kate have 8 kids and they are on TV and that makes them relevant to your life. Not really, except that people are talking about them and divorce and the effect of reality TV on people in reality TV shows.

And so are we!

STRESS JUDO wanted to see if our Black Belt stress management system could have helkped them. Here is the article.

Here is the link to STRESS JUDO's 2 free reports, 1 describing the 12 component Black Belt system, and another detailing the bad health effects of stress.

STRESS MANAGEMENT: How To Have It All

2009-06-22T23:34:00.002-04:00

I've been following a blog called STRESS JUDO for a while. I hope you have too. It's a different approach to stress management. It attacks stress. Treats it like the enemy and tries to destroy it.
Well, there's a new post over there called STRESS MANAGEMENT OR STRESS REDUCTION? WHY NOT BOTH? It's really eye-opening. It's refreshing to find someone who doesn't turn this into an either-or or a us-vs-them approach.
Check out the post, it is really interesting. Then go to the STRESS JUDO website and get the FREE reports!

Ultimate Stress Management

2009-06-19T18:08:00.002-04:00

Stress is all around you, all the time. Stress from work. Stress from traffic. Stress from the family. The happy stress of being promoted. The sad stress of running late for an appointment. Wouldn't you like to get rid of stress? Wouldn't i tbe a happy day when all that stress turns into rainbows and unicorns?
Well, STRESS JUDO can't guarantee that. Especially the unicorn part. But STRESS JUDO does give you the ultimate stress management system, which trains you to not only attack and destroy stress - but to look at it in a whole new perspective.
The ultimate stress management system would:
1. Train you to cretively attack the stressor;
2. Develop your inner will and composure to be able to be calm in the face of even the most extraordinary stressful situations;
3. Keep you physically fit, to fight off the bad health effects of stress;
4. Develop time management systems, designed to assume that stressful situations will come along;
5. Incorporate deep breathing and meditation, to improve your focus, to destroy stress and replace it with creativity; and
6. Hone your skills, so you can develop yor own personal stress management and feedback system.

STRESS JUDO does all these things. In 6 belts - in 12 components - STRESS JUDO transforms you into a lean mean stress fighting machine. Full of creativity and focus. Overflowing with calm confidence - what used to be called "cool."
Check out STRESS JUDO and get your free reports.
And mark today on your calendar as the LAST day stress bothered you.

5 Ways To Handle The Physical Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure

2009-05-02T00:22:00.000-04:00

High blood pressure can lead to heart attacks, stroke, and death. You should have your blood pressure checked by a doctor on a regular basis. If the doctor prescribes medication, you should take it as prescribed. The main reason for having your blood pressure checked by a doctor is that there are very few physical symptoms of high blood pressure. And the ones you do see are often confused with other causes.
Some of these symptoms are: headache, dizziness, blurred vision, drowsiness, and nausea. All of these can be explained by some other cause. Sometimes people are under stress so long that they can’t distinguish the bad health effects of stress anymore. Which means that the high blood pressure is left untreated, and ti gets worse. And stress elevates blood pressure. But you can use aggressive stress management techniques to handle the stress, and lower your blood pressure.
Here are 5 ways to aggressively attack stress to lower your blood pressure:
1. Use creative problem solving to handle stress better. The natural reaction to stress is “fight or flight.” You can creatively come up with more solutions.
2. Use meditation appropriately. Meditating can relieve some of the inner effects of stress and make you feel better. But it does nothing to eliminate the stress. Use meditation to not only calm yourself down, but open your mind to creative possibilities.
3. Develop your own stress management process. Any stress management system that you learn was developed by someone else for someone else’s problems. Take the techniques that work from each system and create your own.
4. Stay in shape. Stress weakens the various systems of your body, which gives you less energy to fight the stress. By staying in shape, you can fight the stress, not just tolerate it.
5. Use an effective time management system. Stress from impossible deadlines is bad. Stress from interruptions is worse. But having a time management system that not only permits, but demands, that you reject time-wasting interruptions, can relieve much stress in your life.
If you don’t do handle stress, your high blood pressure will get worse. But knowing what to do to relieve stress can help lower your blood pressure. With the lower blood pressure, you can reduce the chances of heart attack or stroke. Of course, there are other causes of those conditions that also must be looked at. But removing stress as a cause can focus your efforts.
Handling stress involves internally handling your reactions, but also externally eliminating the stressor. Using this dual approach might be the most effective way to reduce or eliminate the signs symptoms of panic attacks and lower your blood pressure. Probably meditation or visualization is part of what you are doing to relieve stress. But this is not enough. That’s like helping a quarterback learn not to feel bad when he throws an interception. Wouldn’t it be better to teach the quarterback to simply not throw interceptions? Using a comprehensive stress management system will eliminate the stress and give you lower blood pressure.

Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. To see exactly how you can do this, go to What to do to relieve stress. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring has physical and psychological stress. It was to handle these stresses that STRESS JUDO was developed, to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities.

5 Ways To Be Better Looking And Manage Anxiety Attacks By Managing Stress And Time

2009-04-25T20:46:00.000-04:00

Your looks are suffering from not using time management properly to manage stress. Those dark circles under your eyes from lack of sleep? That recent weight gain from fast-food dinners and not working out? Shortness of breath from panic attacks? This is caused not only by the stress, but by not having the time to actually address and get rid of the stress. And it’s not just workplace anxiety that needs to have time managed. Every area of your life demands your time. Every area of your life has stress. Every area of your life suffers if the stress overwhelms the time you have.
Using aggressive time management can relieve help these problems. Managing your time in the face of stress helps you stay on your diet or your fitness routine. This goes a long way towards managing the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks. Having a stress management system that uses time management to force time to be healthy will actually make fighting stress all the easier.

Here are 5 ways to use time to stay focused on health in the face of stress:
1. Make time for fitness and diet priorities over distractions. By utilizing aggressive scheduling, you can say “no” to time wasting distractions, and schedule them to be addressed at the proper time.
2. Be accurate in your scheduling. Don’t put aside 20 minutes for the 20 minute workout, if it takes 30 minutes to get to the gym and 30 minutes to change.
3. Delegate non-priority tasks. If the task can be done by someone else, assign it to them. Just don’t give the perception that they are doing it so you can go workout! Do it tactfully.
4. Set aside time for planning. Too much stress is caused by reacting to situations. By setting aside time to analyze and plan, you save time in the long run.
5. Rearrange your workout schedule. Maybe move it from early morning to after work. Or from daily to 4 times per week.

If you don’t do set aside time for your health, the answer to “how does stress affect health” will be “worse and faster.” The signs symptoms of panic attacks can cause many health problems. If the stress is allowed to take up your working out time, the stress will affect your health much worse. Which will reduce your ability to fight stress. Which will make the stress worse. And so on. And so on. It may be difficult to get your time under control. It’s a lot harder trying to get your time under control in a stressful situation and feeling lousy about it.

Time management is an integral part of what to do to relieve stress. Too often, it is presented as the solution to stress management. Granted, it is a large part of the solution. But this is not enough. That’s like saying sticking to your diet will eliminate anxiety attacks. It will make them easier. But it won’t make them go away. And it won’t let you find the opportunities that lie in every stressful situation. Using a comprehensive stress management system which includes time management throughout will eliminate the bad effects of stress on your physical appearance and actually make you better looking!

Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. To see exactly how you can do this, go to What to do to relieve stress. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring has physical and psychological stress. It was to handle these stresses that STRESS JUDO was developed, to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities.

5 Steps To Manage Stress And Anxiety Attacks By Self Examination

2009-04-23T23:30:00.000-04:00

The physical symptoms of anxiety attacks can be devastating. The shortness of breath. The feeling of terror and panic. The high blood pressure, chest pains, and headaches. And nothing you are doing is preventing these attacks. You react to stress with panic and anxiety. This is not good, is it?
Having a strict self examination or self assessment tool to see how effectively you are dealing with stress can be the best way to manage stress and prevent panic attacks. By using self examination to alleviate or prevent the panic, you will in fact be better looking! Those dark circles under your eyes from lack of sleep will disappear. That weight gain from not attending to your diet will melt away. Your smile will return.
Here are 5 ways to use self examination to manage stress and eliminate panic and anxiety attack symptoms:
Know your emotional and intellectual strengths. Know the internal resources you have to draw on, to attack stress. Use frequent self-examination to see what strengths are most effective in different situations.
Know your emotional and intellectual weaknesses. Know what internal resources will let you down, and therefore what ones you should avoid calling on. Set your ego aside and realistically see what areas you are weak in and need to improve, especially under stress.
Know what other people are judging you on. Seriously. You are being judged all the time, especially at work. This can add to your feeling of workplace anxiety, over and above the normal deadline and overwork stresses.
Be aware of your specific personal goals. In any stressful situation, you have to deal with the goals set by many people around you. Knowing your goals will eliminate that internal stress that occurs when you finish a project and feel unsatisfied because you reached someone else’s goals.
Know the tasks you should be delegating to others. Taking on the wrong work is probably more stressing than taking on too much work. By self-examination, you will know what tasks you need to delegate and therefore not put stress on yourself.

If you don’t do self-examination concerning how you handle stress on a regular basis, you will continue to suffer anxiety attacks. And they will continue and they will get worse. This is because you have no knowledge of how to react to stressful situation, because you have no idea of how you react to stress. Your looks will just spiral downhill, as you eat stress foods, stop working out, and lose sleep. You think it will be painful to set up a plan of self examination. It will be much more painful not to.

Self-examination is an integral part of a comprehensive stress management system. Probably looking for the signs symptoms of panic attacks is part of what you are doing to relieve stress. But this is not enough. That’s like a football coach charting out the opposing teams; defense, but not figuring out how to defeat it. Using a comprehensive stress management system which includes self-examination throughout, will eliminate those side effects that harm your looks and make you better looking.

Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. To see exactly how you can do this, go to What to do to relieve stress. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring has physical and psychological stress. It was to handle these stresses that STRESS JUDO was developed, to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities.

Stress Hurts. Using Creative Problem Solving To Achieve Recognition At Work Helps.

2009-04-06T10:26:00.000-04:00

Nothing good happens in your life if you can’t tap into your creative problem solving to eliminate stress, especially in the workplace. You don’t get the promotions you are due. You don’t get the recogniti0on you should. Your motivation in the workplace, and at home, and everywhere else – suffers.. And so far, nothing you’ve been doing – especially to combat stress – has done anything the change this.
But creative problem solving is the key to handling stress. Using creative problem solving not only attacks stress, but can be used in other areas to make you stand out at work. Workplace anxiety is replaced with workplace enthusiasm and leadership. You can learn creative problem solving very easily, by using a few exercises and practicing it daily. This can eliminate the pain caused by lack of recognition because as you gain control of how you handle stress, you gain the attention – in a positive way – of management.
Here are 5 ways to use creative problem solving to handle stress in the workplace:
Define the problem or stressor better. By having a clear definition of the situation, the solution may be obvious, thus eliminating stress.
Define the goals to be achieved in detail. This will focus your efforts, so there is no stress of wasted effort. It wil also help you know when you are done, so you can eliminate the stress of always working on something.
Be free to brainstorm. Many people are reluctant to voice an idea, because other people may not think much of it. Since a key starting point of creative problem solving is to get as many ideas as possible on the table initially, you are free to out forth your wildest ideas.
Gives you more options than just “fight or flight.” It is this reaction that causes all the negative effects of stress. By having more options, your body does not go into that state right away.
Get other people on board early. Another big cause of stress is having all the responsibility fall on your shoulders. By asking others to participate in creative problem solving of the situation. They may be more invested and easier to convince when - later on - you ask them to help out.
If you don’t develop your creative problem solving skills, your status as “turned down again” will get worse. This is because you have not done anything to stand out, to separate yourself from jhe pack at work. Other people who do show some – any – creativity will be promoted ahead of you, whether they deserve it more than you or not. The bad health effects of stress will get worse, because your body will go into “fight or flight” reaction mode much quicker, over much smaller stressors. You may think you don’t have creative problem solving skills. But ignoring the skills you do have will be much worse.
Creative problem solving is an integral part of a comprehensive stress management system. You probably have already attended seminars or read books on stress management. And they may talk about creative ways to handle stress. But that is not enough. That’s like having the coach tell you how to deal with the pain of striking out, instead of having the coach improve your hitting skills. Once you get your hitting up, you have to deal with the pain of striking out much less often. Using a comprehensive stress management system which includes creative problem solving throughout will eliminate missing out on promoti0ons and give you raises and recognition at work.
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Picture your life when stress is not a concern and where you are the leader in stressful situations. To see exactly how you can do this, go to What to do to relieve stress. STRESS JUDO was developed by Rick Carter, a trial lawyer and martial artist. The courtroom has emotional and intellectual stress, and the dojo and fight ring has physical and psychological stress. It was to handle these stresses that STRESS JUDO was developed, to give you a fighting chance against stress, to turn stressful situations into opportunities.

Have You Ever Wondered Where They Get The Energy?

2009-04-05T14:46:00.002-04:00

It really is incredible when you see these 50 - 60 - even 70 year old politicians, jetting around the country, making 4 or 5 campaign stops in the same day. And going to all the public meetings and rallies. And taking all those payo- ummm, well... meeting all those lobbyists. Where DO they find the energy?
But that's not really the question, is it? You don't much care how THEY can put in 12 and 14 hour days, 6 days a week, for months on end. You care how YOU can learn how to do that. Because THAT is most likely to get you promoted or get a raise or even keep youir job when others are being laid off.
For more information on tapping into your internal energy, click What to do to relieve stress.

Secret To Getting Promoted Is Staying In Shape Even When Stressed

2009-04-01T23:31:00.003-04:00

Have you ever noticed that the people at work who handle stress the best also tend to be in good fitness? Maybe they don't have six-pack abs or bounce around like a cheerleader at the Final Four, but they generally are in good shape. Make the connection: being in shape is fundamental to what to do to relieve stress.
And how does stress affect health? Stress wears down the body. And a worn down body gets tired quicker and loses concentration easier. These make stress harder to fight. Which makes stress harder on your body. And so on. And so on...
For more information on fighting the bad health effects of stress.

What To Do To Relieve Stress: Look Inside Yourself

2009-04-01T00:01:00.002-04:00

The idea of self-examination as stress management is not taught by very many stress management systems. Learning time management in the workplace is not learning stress management in the workplace, no matter how pretty they package it. A comprehensive stress management system has self examination as an integral part of the system. This helps you learn what areas you need to work on, to handle stress in the workplace.
Self-examination though is not enough. As part of a multi-component stress management system, self-examination allows you to evaluate the effectiveness of the other components in your battle against stress. Knowing what to do to relieve stress includes knowing what tools you have, and what tools you need, to do the job right.
For more information on relieving anxiety attack symptoms.

The Dirty Secret Stress Management Never Discusses: Your Friends

2009-03-26T20:29:00.003-04:00

The effects of stress on the body are pretty well-publicized. High blood pressure. Weight gain. Pains and headaches. Heart attack, stroke, and death. The definition of stress: the silent killer. And stress management systems try to deal with this by telling you breathe deep, visualize your happy place, and get away from it all???

These techniques do not get rid of stress. They make you feel a little better - until you come back to reality and face the stress again. But what is really hurting you - what makes stress actually much more focused and intense - is that stress destroys your relationships. Your friendships take some of the stress burden off you. They help you with ideas to fight the stress. But subjecting your friends to each and every anxiety attack will drive them away. And breathing deep and thinking happy thoughts won't be what to do to relieve stress or save your relationships.

To see what to do to save your friendships, click What to do to relieve stress .

5 Secrets to Living Longer by Living Stress-Free

2009-03-01T19:00:00.001-05:00

Stress makes you do more of the bad habits that will shorten your life. You smoke more under stress. You drink more under stress. You eat bad foods under stress. You stop exercising under stress. And all of these things will take years off your life. Ecen if you don't get the other bad health effect of stress.
For more information, GO HERE.

5 Ways to Gain Respect at Work by Managing Stress

2009-02-27T22:04:00.000-05:00

The easiest way to come to management’s attention is to melt down during a crisis. Or to say the wrong thing to the wrong person, just because you are having stress at home and you carry it over into the workplace. All of your good accomplishments, goals attained, co-worker respect - all gone in one fleeting moment. All because you didn’t know what to do to relieve stress.
You’ll find the full story in the new article discussing what to do to relieve stress.

How Can I Get Money To Start My Own Business?

2009-02-24T23:34:00.003-05:00

How can I get money to start my own business? A lot of people are asking this question, especially in this economy. President Obama's speech to Congress didn't give me the "warm and fuzzy" feeling about prosperity anytime soon. How about you?

So what are we going to do? How can I get money to start my own home based business?

Well, there are actually 2 ways:

Start a business that requires ZERO money to start; or
Start a business that raises its own money.

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Click this LINK for free information on starting an internet business. These 4 modules get you from thinking about making money to MAKING MONEY as quickly as possible. And, they give you the information to grow your business, or start several.

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So check out this excellent package and start your business today.

And when you turn on the news and hear about how bad the economy is, you can either turn it off or help out the people still dependent on the corporate thieves and government thieves taking our money for their Caribbean vacations, private jets, and helicopters. Screw them.

Stress in the news: It's your BOSS'S Responsibility

2009-02-14T11:11:00.004-05:00

I saw this news article on stress management. The point of the article is that YOUR BOSS needs to manage YOUR STRESS. Come on! How much more of our lives are we going to give over to companies and governments and agencies??? Did it ever occur to these people that the BAD EFFECTS of stress on your body are CAUSED by ideas like THIS????

Okay,the link to the article is down below. RIGHT CLICK on it and open it in a new window so you can read it and retuirn to this post. Because if you click HERE you will get FREE a report on the 12 components of stress management, that will not only let you live free and independent of government and companies and agencies when it comes to stress, but will actually let you be seen as a STAR by the people who have no idea what to do to relieve stress.

Check out the REPORT. Check out the website. Check out the feedback page.
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Here's the news article: NEWS.

What To Do To Relieve Stress

2009-01-24T23:01:00.003-05:00

What people call stress is actually your reaction to stress. This reaction is called the fight or flight reaction. This is because your mind can think of only 2 things to do when it meets a stressor: fight it or run away from it. If you had more time to analyze the stressor, you could come up with more options of what to do to relieve stress. Better ways of dealing with it. Ways that don't have the bad health effects of stress on the body.

This reaction causes many health problems and pain for you. The fight or flight reaction floods your body with hormones, adrenaline and chemicals, so your body can move quickly. Every system is put on high alert. Your heart rate and blood pressure increase. Your muscles contract. Your digestive tract goes into overdrive. Over time, these actions literally wear down your body. Not to mention the damaging effects to your emotions.

There are dozens and hundreds of stress management books, DVDs, seminars, and groups available. Most of them deal with dealing with the symptoms of your fight or flight reaction, rather than dealing with how you handle the stressor. By working only on the symptoms, these do nothing to prevent these same reactions from occurring again when the stressor reappears. They deal effectively with the question of what to do to relieve stress, but they do not remove the thing causing the stress.

A comprehensive stress management system would give you the ability to analyze a stress situation before you have to act. It would allow you to come up with more options than just fight or flight. It would strengthen your body and systems, to hold up better under stress. It would take control of time, not just manage it. And it would teach you enough about stress management that you can create your own stress management system.

This approach helps because you deal with the stressor directly. By dealing with the stressor directly, it is unlikely to occur again. Or, if it does, you will be prepared to handle it better. This approach also gives you the ability to plan for stress, to predict where it will occur and how strong it will be. Having a comprehensive stress management system enables you to tackle and defeat stress, without waiting and just reacting to it.

If you do not have a comprehensive stress management system, you are very real danger of having new stress strike you in the same old way. Or the same stress striking you again. If what you have been doing isn't working, change may be the only option. Removing the stress is exactly what to do to relieve stress. Using a comprehensive stress management system could be exactly what you need.

Our comprehensive stress management system is STRESS JUDO, which attacks stress and uses its streangth against it, like judo.
You can get a FREE EXCLUSIVE report STRESS JUDO: The Overview.
You can review STRESS JUDO: The Mastery Manual.
Our in-depth and exclusive STRESS JUDO: The Black Belt System is having the final touches put on.

STRESS JUDO: The Black Belt System RELEASE

2009-01-24T22:55:00.003-05:00

We are announcing the release of STRESS JUDO: The Black Belt System.This unique and exclusive system uses the principles behind the martial art of judo - maximum efficiency with minimum effort - to attack stress and turn it into opportunities. To reduce or eliminate the bad health effects of stress on the body. To find reduce or eliminate the emotional wear and tear of long-term stress, and remove that weight on your shoulders. To stop asking "how does stress affect health" and start asking "how can I turn this stress into gold?" To learn more than just what to do to relieve stress - to learn what to do to eliminate stress.This system was developed by an attorney who has been a trial lawyer for over 15 years and a martial arts student for over 25 years.

The STRESS JUDO system consists of 3 components:
1. The OVERVIEW report: This FREE report describes the benefits of the system and the unique belt system of learning and applying the techniques;
2. The Mastery Manual: This manual describes in detail the system, and can be used as a stand alone learning tool for the system. Comes with supplemental material, to enhance your understanding and use of key areas; and
3. The Black Belt System: The unique coaching experience, in which you go deep into each module, for a complete transformation of your emotional, mental, and physical reactions to stress.

Click HERE for your free Overview of STRESS JUDO: The Black Belt System and see how it can help you immediately attack and destroy the stress in your life.