Work without Stress: Building a Resilient Mindset for Lasting Success

mindful communication means being aware of what’s forming in our minds and making a strategic decision about whether or not to say it.

Skilled in Resilience

Letting go isn’t about putting your feet up. It’s about doing the job without the contamination of negative emotion.

It is equally important that the listener maintain perspective and avoid becoming identified with the discloser’s issues. This is what empathy is.

If you are inflexible, here’s the question: what is it about change that provokes your negative emotions, especially anxiety?

The appropriate response isn’t, “You idiot, what did you do that for?” but rather, “If you behave like that, it will upset people, so try not to do it again.”

4. Ask yourself three questions when you are in a crisis.

3. Compare the current situation to your life experiences.

Acknowledge that you can do anything in a mechanical, automated way, or you can be awake and aware of what you’re doing. This brings you out of waking sleep, and it is also what will bring you out of stress.