It may help to identify the stressors in your life which are long-term, and those which come and go in the moment. The following pages offer suggestions for managing both types of stressors. Knowing what the stressful events in your current situation are gives you a strong place from which to start. Use the suggestions on the following pages to develop your own strategies for dealing with the range of stressors in your life. Find your own best stress level to maximize performance.
Stress is an individual reaction.
Too little stress is as negative as is too much stress. However, past a critical line efficiency falls rapidly, even to below zero. The graph applies to everyone but the amounts and kinds of stress needed to reach efficiency are different in each individual. The choices you make directly effect your stress resistance. Accept the right and responsibility to take control of your life.