My focus, by contrast, is on how to thrive on the stress in your life, how to make it work for you. Some people get addicted to stress What's stressful can vary greatly. What some people call stressful, others find exciting. If you don't believe me, just ask five different people what they think of roller-coaster rides or horror movies. It's also important to make a distinction between stress and pressure.
Stress comes from the outside, while pressure is an inside job.
Diamonds start out as lumps of coal, usually deep within a mountain. Over time, the coal responds to stress and pressure in such a way as to form diamonds. It is possible to be over-stressed, enjoy stress too much or even be addicted to stress. One sure sign of a stress addiction is that when various things come up in your life, you create a crisis in order to get your stress fix. This is really a trick question, because it's natural to think an oak tree would be stronger.