The distress that you feel is not a result of what actually exists objectively in the job. As such, activities focusing on job stress reduction are often more harmful than helpful, because they create the illusion that something called stress is 'out there' constantly assaulting and harming us. In truth, what most people call stress is really an internal feeling of strain that they don't like. The world is not filled with stressors darting around like invisible piranha eating away at you. Only the flexible survive Siebert categorizes people as those who are resilient and those who are less resilient.
Resilient people thrive on challenge.
Less resilient people wither from challenge. When they experience strain and feel they can't handle certain situations, they blame something or someone else for these situations. Fortunately, he believes, resilience is not something you are born with or without. You can build it. Following are three strategies.