Stress Reducers

1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up early so you can start the day unrushed.
4. Say No, to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Simplify and uncluttered your life.
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time. don't lump the hard things all together.
10. Take one day at a time.
11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you to do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
12. Live within your budget. don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut.) This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
15. Do something for the Kid in You everyday.
16. Carry a bible with you to read while waiting in line.
17. Get enough exercise.
18. Eat right.
19. Get organized so everything has its place.
20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.
21. Write thoughts and inspirations down.
22. Everyday, find time to be alone.
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in
the bud. Don't wait until its time to go to bed to try and pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people.
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus!"
27. Laugh.
28. Laugh some more!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (just realize that most people are doing the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
32. Sit on your ego.
33. Talk less; listen more.
34. Slow down.
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
36. Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that.


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Not the heavy burden making us Stress

At the time of giving lecture about Management of Stress, Stephen Covey lift a glass of water and inquire to all its student: " How heavily according to you about this glass of water ?" All student answer to start from 200 gr until 500 gr. " This is not the problem of absolute weight of it, but depended how long you hold it,"Covey says"

If i hold it during 1 minute, So there's no problem. If i hold it during 1 hour, right arm is in pain. And if i hold it during 1 full day, possible you have to call ambulance for me. It is same Weight, in fact, but the longer I hold it, So the heavier the burden.

If we bring our burden continuously, later we will not can bring it again. That burden will increased. What we must do is to put down the glass, breathe before lifting it again. We have to leave our burden periodically, so that we earn fresher and can bring it again.

"Not the heavy burden making us Stress, but the duration for carrying the burden." Stephen Covey.


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