Put Stress to Work For You!
Do you get stressed out? Workplace stress has some surprisingly good benefits. Stay turned to learn how to put stress to work for you.
It’s time to ask stress to be your crazy buddy. Stress is like salt, fat and cholesterol — everybody trashes it, but without it, where’s the fun in life?
People ask me if I get nervous before a big talk. I tell them they can call it nerves or stress if they want to, but I prefer to label it “pure energy.”
Stress activates your body’s resources for strength and agility. In gives you a rush of feel-good. According to a recent article in Newsweek, a jolt of stress sharpens thinking and memory while dulling the pain receptors. Glycogen is converted into glucose for an energy boost. A faster heart rate surges oxygenated red blood cells to ready your muscles for fight or flight. That puts your brain and body in top form for handling finicky bosses, making speeches, and meeting unreasonable deadlines.
So, career-wise, that’s the good news. The bad — well you probably know how the post-adrenaline rush leaves you feeling edgy and blue and how chronically stressed people force cardiologists into high tax brackets. I’ll give you 6 smart tips for dealing with too much stress on the next show.
This is Doug Smart with Smarter by the Minute. Make today a great day!
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