There is a great book by Dr. Paddi Lund about the Happiness Centered work environment. He is a dentist which can be very stressful.

He makes the point that we actully have to “do” stress. This means that we actively participate in stress or it can not exist. He simply reminds himself or his staff does that they jointly decided not to “do” stress anymore.

Stress does and will always exist and your tips on understanding it and managing it are much appreciated. That said, we also need to remind ourselves that we have the ability to control our stress levels to some degree as well.

Thanks for the post and I love your Blog.

Howard

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What great advice. Too often I get busy and forget to take a break. If I do, I think I’m slacking. Now I realize those breaks are necessary. I’ll practice stepping away from my work more often. It sounds like by doing so, I’ll actually be more productive.

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Hey Shilpan, the car merging back on to the highway is a great analogy.

I like your statement about taking a break and going back slowly, “After allowing yourself a break, you shouldn’t just jump back in at full speed. You need to ease yourself back into a slower pace of work. I know this is hard to do at some jobs. Management expects full speed ahead.” — This is similar to how we get back to the highway after resting on the side. So true.

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I decided to take a much-needed and much-eaned break and check out your blog, after working on a report for two hours. And I’m glad I did. Sometimes I just need to walk away for ten minutes to get re-invigorated. You’re right about the effects of acute and chronic stress. I often say that my primary objective in life is to minimize the stress in it. Happiness? It comes and goes. But living at ease in this world is the next best thing.

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Where I have made the most improvement is being able to downshift when I need to slow down and press on the gas when I’m writing well. Learning and understanding those various levels of creative bursts has helped me keep a steady flow of articles on this site.